The Five Policy Domains in Congress

  1. GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT OF ECONOMY

    1. government ownership and regulation of economic enterprise
    2. government spending on public works v. incentives to private business
    3. private v. public development of natural resources and conservation
    4. distribution of the tax burden


  2. SOCIAL WELFARE

    1. public housing
    2. labor regulation
    3. education
    4. urban affairs


  3. AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE: Farm Subsidies


  4. CIVIL LIBERTIES

    1. 1st amendment rights
    2. Civil Rights, Affirmative Action
    3. Rights of Accused


  5. INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

    1. Foreign aid
    2. open immigration
    3. free trade (i.e., NAFTA, GATT)


Political Parties and the Five Policy Domains