ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
摘要 | 第5-6页 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第6-11页 |
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
·Critical Background | 第11-14页 |
·Objectives of the Current Study | 第14-15页 |
·Methodology | 第15页 |
·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
CHAPTER TWO INTEREST GROUPS AND PUBLIC POLICY | 第17-29页 |
·Interest Groups | 第17-21页 |
·Definition of interest groups | 第17-18页 |
·Categories of interest groups | 第18-19页 |
·Tactics of interest groups | 第19-21页 |
·Public Policy | 第21-26页 |
·Theory of public policy | 第22-24页 |
·Function of interest groups in public policy-making | 第24-25页 |
·Links of interest groups influencing policy-making | 第25-26页 |
·Interest Groups and Their Influences | 第26-29页 |
CHAPTER THREE INTEREST GROUPS AND OBAMA'S MEDICAL REFORM | 第29-45页 |
·A Brief Introduction to American Medical Reform | 第29-34页 |
·Emergence of health care before 1930s | 第29-30页 |
·Private and social health reform from 1930s to 1940s | 第30-32页 |
·National medical reform before 2008 | 第32-34页 |
·Obama and His Health Reform | 第34-39页 |
·Background of Obama's reform | 第34-36页 |
·Partisan and public's attitude | 第36-38页 |
·Components and prospects of Obama's plan | 第38-39页 |
·Interest Groups Affecting Medical Public Policy-making | 第39-41页 |
·Interest groups and Their Roles in Obama's Reform | 第41-45页 |
CHAPTER FOUR INTEREST GROUPS' IMPACTS ON POLICY-MAKING | 第45-52页 |
·Positive Impacts on Public Policy | 第45-46页 |
·Negative Impacts on Public Policy | 第46-48页 |
·Balance between interest groups and government | 第48-52页 |
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-55页 |
WORKS CITED | 第55-58页 |
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS | 第58-59页 |
PERSONAL PROFILES | 第59-61页 |