First step is problem definition, for example when looking at traffic the defined problem could be too many cars on the road. Show The next step is agenda setting the problem has to sit high enough on the list of problems for any action to be considered. After agenda setting is policy formulation, or the development of proposed courses of action to help resolve a public problem, followed by Legitimization, which is giving legal force to decisions, or authorizing or justifying a policy action. After a policy has become legitimized it gets Implemented, or gets put into effect. Once a policy gets put into effect, the productivity of the policy is evaluated. The evaluation of the policy allows for the maintenance of the policy, or in other words allows for the modification of the policy goals and means in light of new information or shifting political environment. And, insofar, as austerity commitments are about credibility and confidence it might be good politics to 'talk up' austerity whilst implementing something a little less onerous; Given the conventional austerity arguments, because the French state is over-burdened with welfare commitments and needs a healthy dose of welfare retrenchment; The biggest three French banks hold assets equivalent to 250 per cent of French GDP; Which of the following best describes the term "public policy?" Family-bases decision which are meant to affect family-related problems such as household spending, sharing of assets and duties, and meal planning Personal, individual decisions about one's future endeavors and plans. What public officials decide to do or not do about public problems Private sector actions designed to solve problems relating to the Business Cycle What Public officials decide to do or not do about public problems Which of the following best describes the formal actions that governments take to pursue their goals? Policy adoptions Policy decisions Policy outcomes Policy outputs Public outputs Which of the following best describes the effects that formal policy-related actions actually have on society? Public outputs Public decisions Public adoptions Public outcomes Public outcomes Which of the following policy scientists can we attribute the observation that: politics is "the authoritative allocation of values for a society."? James Q Wilson Harold Lasswell Deborah Stone David Easton David Easton Which of the following federal agencies is responsible for ensuring public safety as it relates to the distribution of consumer goods and services? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration The Federal Bureau of Investigation The Environmental Protection Agency The Consumer Product Safety Commission The Consumer Product Safety Commission
Which of the following policy scientists stated, as follows: politics is about "who gets what, when, and how."? Harold Lasswell Deborah Stone James Q Wilson David Easton Harold Lasswell Under which of these contexts would you be most likely to find a discussion of the responsibilities of different political institutions under the separation of powers clauses in the U.S. Constitution? Governing Context Economic Context Social Context Cultural Context Governing Context Under which of these contexts would you be most likely to find a discussion of the effects of surpluses and deficits on public policy? Cultural Context Social Context Political Context Economic Context Economic Context Under which of these contexts would you be most likely to find a discussion of the way in which citizens relate to each other within a particular community? Economic Context Political Context Social Context Governing Context Social Context Under which of these contexts would you be most likely to find a discussion of differences in voting behaviors in "red" states versus "blue" states? Governing Context Political Context Cultural Context Economic Context Cultural Context Under which of these contexts would you be most likely to find a discussion of how partisan differences affect voting by members of Congress? Governing Context Economic Context Social Context Political Context Political Context Which of the following best describes public parks? A pure private good A pure public good A toll good A common pool resource A pure public good Which of the following best describes electricity services in a particular city? A pure private good A pure public good A common pool resource A toll good A toll good Which of the following best describes air and water? Toll good Common pool resources Pure public goods Pure private goods Common pool resources Which of the following best describes a car or a television? Pure private good Toll goods Common pool resources Pure public goods Pure private goods which of the following best describes the observation that a single individual would be irrational to join an interest group when almost no personal gain follows? Logic of individual action Logic of interest group action Logic of collective action Logic of group action Logic of collective action which of the following eras did the deregulation of financial markets occur? 1990s 1980s 1960s 1970s 1980s which of the following eras did the deregulation of energy markets occur? 1970s 1980s 1960s 1990s which of the following pieces of legislation was passed as a result of diminished faith in the ability of Wall Street financial institutions to limit the kinds of risky investments that contributed to global economic turmoil in the late 2000s? The Investor Protection and Wall Street Reform Act The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act The McCain-Feingold Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act The Bush-Cheney Investor Protection Act The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which of the following best describes a law proposed by a state or locality for voters to approve or reject? Referendum Recall election Public hearing Legislation Referendum According to your text, which of the following is not a cause of "policy gridlock?" Conflict between experts writing on the policy problem in scholarly journals Disagreements between policymakers and influential interest groups over policy goals A lack of consensus among the public High levels of partisanship and ideological conflict Conflict between experts writing on the policy problem in scholarly journals According to your text, how many cabinet-level bureaus existed in the first American government? Three According to your text, which of the following None of these are true. The size of the federal government has remained the same over time. The federal government has not grown in size at all since the it was founded The federal government has grown significantly in size since it was founded. The federal government has grown significantly in size since it was founded. According to your text, what is meant by the term "divided government" (in the context of stalemate)? Divided government occurs when one political party controls the presidency and one political party controls the majority of state governorships. Divided government occurs when one political party controls the presidency and one political party controls Congress. None of these are true. Divided government occurs when the federal government's elected representatives are split equally between the Republicans and the Democrats. Divided government occurs when one political party controls the presidency and one political party controls Congress. According to your text, which of the following terms is a label given by critics to the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010? Obamacare According to your text, which Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court supported an expanded role of the national government? Chief Justice John Marshall According to your text, which of the following best describes the term "dual federalism?" A period of time in which the federal government cedes powers to the state governments. A period of time in which little integration exists between state and federal governments. A period in which the state and federal governments share powers equally. A period of time in which state governments are more powerful than the federal government. A period of time in which little integration exists between state and federal governments. Which of the following terms best describes the United States Congress? Bicameral According to your text, which of the following American political institutions allows its members the right to filibuster, or talk for an extended period of time in hope of delaying, modifying, or defeating a proposal? The United States House of Representatives No American political institution allows its members the right to filibuster. The United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate The United States Senate The United States Senate Which article of the United States Constitution establishes (and describes) the legislative powers of Congress? Article I According to your text, which of the following best describes the partisan (or party membership) makeup of the United States Congress? Almost all members of Congress in recent times have been Republicans. Closely divided between Republicans and Democrats Mostly Democrats with a few Republicans Mostly Republicans with a few Democrats Closely divided between Republicans and Democrats According to your text, how long is the term of office for a federal judge? Federal judges serve terms of two years Federal judges serve terms of four years Federal judges serve terms of six years Federal judges serve life terms Federal judges serve life terms According to your text, which of the following American political institutions only engages in reactive policymaking (as opposed to proactive policymaking)? The Federal Judiciary How many officials in the executive branch of American government are elected directly in national elections? One Hundreds of executive branch officials are elected nationally Two None of these are true Two According to your text, which of the following is another term for informal arrangements such as
subgovernments or issue networks? Iron Triangles According to your text, which of the following is a term which describes a situation in which federal requirements are placed upon state governments without any federal funds allocated to implement the requirements. Unfunded mandates According to your text, which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution reads as follows: "[T]he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the United States respectively, or to the people."? The Tenth Amendment According to your text, which of the following were the cabinet offices in the original American government? War, Treasury, and Foreign Affiars War, Labor, and Commerce War, Treasury, and Commerce Treasury, Justice, and Commerce War, Treasury, and Foreign Affiars According
to your text, which of the following was the fourth department to be added to the original cabinet of the President of the United States? Justice According to your text, after which of the following wars did the United States emerge a "superpower" able to take "... a larger role in world affairs."? World War II According to your text, which of the following describes why social scientists utilize theory in their work? Theories help create meaning out of what might otherwise be random and meaningless Theories help us understand the way things work All of these describe why social scientists use theory Theories are abstract representations of the real world All of these describe why social scientists use theory Which of the following best descrbies the primary assumption of "elite theory?" Power in the U.S. political system is widely shared among interest groups. All of these describe "elite theory." Structures and rules make a big difference in the kids of policy process that occur. The values and preferences of the general public are less influential in shaping public policy than those of a smaller, unrepresentative group of people. The values and preferences of the general public are less influential in shaping public policy than those of a smaller, unrepresentative group of people. Which of the following theories is a formal way to think about the interrelationships of institutions and policy actors and the role of the larger environment? Elite Theory Group Theory Rational Choice Theory Political Systems Theory Political Systems Theory John Kingdon's description of subgovernments or issue networks is especially relevant to which of the following theories? Elite Theory Elite Theory Which of the following theories is especially useful to formulate predictions of how agency officials and the objects or targets of policy actions are likely to respond to policy initiatives? Elite Theory Rational Choice Theory Which of the following theorists are most closely associated with the Advocacy Coalitions Framework? Baumgartner and Leach Anderson and McCool Kingdon and Kraft Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith Which of the following is true of the term "institution?" It encompasses how people within organizations relate to one another and to those in other organizations All of these are true It refers to both the "organizations and the rules used to structure patterns of interaction within and across organizations" It can have many meanings All of these are true According to your text, which of the following best describes rational choice theory? None of these describe rational choice theory A rationally sound and qualitatively robust theory A highly developed and rigorous theory A methodologically complex and richly developed theoryA A highly developed and rigorous theory According to your text, which of the following theories supplies the policy world with terms like "input, demands, support, policy outputs, policy outcomes, and feedback?" Elite Theory None of these theories supply the policy world with the identified terms Political Systems Theory Rational Choice Theory Political Systems Theory Which of the following is not a stage in the Policy Process Model? Policy Renumeration According to your text, which of the following statements best defines the term "policy analysis?"
None of these describe the term "policy analysis" Political Judgment Part science and part political judgment Part science and part political judgment Your text notes that policy problems may be understood only through the insights of many academic disciplines. Which of the following disciplines is not included in the list cited by your text as contributing to the
understanding of policy problems? Literary Criticism According to your text, which of the following best describes the process of policy analysis? Judgment decisions in the political context None of these describe the process of policy analysis Political calculus and assessing of damages Empirical study and normative assessments Empirical study and normative assessments According to your text, which of the following is not a step in the policy analysis process? Defining and analyzing the problem Assessing the alternatives Seeking feedback from affected citizens Drawing conclusions Seeking feedback from affected citizens Which of the following steps in the policy analysis process is described by your text as "... perhaps the most important stage in the policy analysis process."? Construct policy alternatives Which of the following steps in the policy analysis process is referred to by some authors as "... projecting the outcomes..."? Define and analyze the problem Construct policy alternatives Draw conclusions Assess the alternatives Assess the alternatives Which of the following entities is not identified by your text as an entity regularly engaged in producing policy analysis studies? Interest groups and independent policy research institutes State government agencies Federal executive agencies All of these entities are identified by your text as regularly engaged in producing policy analysis studies. Which of the following are identified by your text as motivations for academic policy analysis studies? Scientific purposes Political influence None of these are identified by your text as motivations behind academic policy analysis studies. Scientific purposes and political influence Scientific purposes According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the American Enterprise Institute, as it relates to policy analysis studies? Professional Orientation None of these describes the American Enterprise Institute Political Orientation Scientific Orientation Professional Orientation According to your text, which of the following terms best describes an assistant professor at a research university, as it relates to policy analysis studies? Political Orientation None of these describes an assistant professor at a research university as it relates to policy analysis studies Scientific Orientation Professional Orientation Scientific Orientation According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the National Rifle Association, as it relates to policy analysis studies? Political Orientation Professional Orientation Scientific Orientation None of these describes the National Rifle Association as it relates to policy analysis studies Political Orientation According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as it relates to policy analysis studies? Professional Orientation None of these describes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as it relates to policy analysis studies Political Orientation Scientific Orientation
Political Orientation According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the Brookings Institution, as it relates to policy analysis studies? Professional Orientation Scientific Orientation Political Orientation None of these describe the Brookings Institution as it relates to policy analysis studies Professional Orientation According to your text, which of the following is most likely to include an "executive summary" with their policy analysis studies? Neither professional nor academic policy analysts are likely to include an "executive summary" with their studies Professional policy analysts Both professional and academic policy analysts are likely to include an "executive summary" with their studies Academic policy analysts Professional policy analysts According to your text, which of the following academic policy journals is most likely to focus on ethical aspects of public policy? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Review of Policy Research Philosophy and Public Affairs Policy Studies Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs According to your text, what does
the beginning of any policy study involve? A description of a problem. According to your text, which of the following is true about most public problems? Most public problems are not so simple. According to your text, which of the following is often true with regards to public problems? Public problems are often difficult to understand. Which of the following, according to your text, best defines the term "contextual data?" Background information Which of the following, according to your text, is true with regards to measuring public problems? Quantitative measures are difficult to find for most contemporary public problems. Quantitative measures are difficult to understand when it comes to evaluating public policy. Public policymakers choose not to use quantitative analysis to analyze public problems Quantitative measures are abundant for most contemporary public problems. Quantitative measures are abundant for most contemporary public problems. According to your text, which of the following political scientists stated that there are "no fixed goals" in the policy process? Deborah Stone According to your text, which of the following is not a major component of problem analysis? Repeal the legislation that created the problem Which of the following Internet search tools does your text recommend for collecting information for purposes of problem analysis? Which of the following authors, according to your text, focused significant attention on the concept of applying creative thinking to policy action? Patton and Sawicki Which of the following, according to your text, best describes the process of examining books, journal
articles, Internet sites, and other sources while considering a course of policy action? Literature review According to your text, which of the following United States Supreme Court Justices said: "A single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social
and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country."? Louis Brandeis Which of the following, according to your text, best describes a technique to encourage creative thinking in public policy or in organizational change? Brainstorming Which of the following, according to your text, Ideal situation According to your text, which of the following is a now defunct
specialized Internet search tool for searching government Web sites? Google Uncle Sam According to your text, which of the following states has an especially low seat belt use rate? New Hampshire
With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the definition below most closely associated?: Liberty/Freedom Liberty/Freedom With which of the following criterion
for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the definition below most closely associated?: Social acceptability Technical feasibility With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the
definition below most closely associated?: Effectuveness Administrative Feasibility With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the definition below most closely associated?: Equity Equity With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the definition below most closely associated?: Equity Effectiveness With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "limits to use" (below) most closely associated?: Administrative Feasibility Administrative Feasibility With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "limits to use" (below) most closely associated?: Social Acceptability Technical feasibility With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "limits to use" (below) most closely associated?: Technical Feasibility
Efficiency With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "limits to use" (below) most closely associated?: Efficiency Political Feasibility With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "limits to use" (below) most closely associated?: Effectiveness Effectiveness With which of the following
criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "where most likely used" (below) most closely associated?: Efficiency Equity With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to
your text), is the description of "where most likely used" (below) most closely associated?: Effectiveness Social Acceptability With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "where most
likely used" (below) most closely associated?: Equity Effectiveness With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "where most likely used" (below) most closely
associated?: Efficiency Efficiency With which of the following criterion for evaluating public policy (according to your text), is the description of "where most likely used" (below) most closely
associated?: Political Feasibility Liberty/Freedom According to your text, how long has the United States been burdened by large federal deficits? Since the 1980s Which of the following indices is used by the federal government to measure inflation? Consumer Price Index or "CPI" Consumer Price Index or "CPI" Which of the following American political institutions is most directly responsible for implementing fiscal policy? Congress Congress Which of the following American political institutions is most responsible for implementing monetary policy? The Federal Reserve The term "open market operations" is most closely associated with which of the following? Monetary Policy Which of the following best defines a type of tax that applies the same rate of taxation to all
individuals regardless of their income or socioeconomic standing? Regressive tax Which of the following best defines a type of tax that is based on the philosophy that higher earners should pay higher taxes both in terms of actual dollars and as a percentage of income? Progressive tax Which of the following terms best describes the Congressional Budget Office (or "CBO")? Nonpartisan Which of the following "parts" of the Medicare program are optional? Part B Which of the following "parts" of Medicare provides a prescription drug benefit to its recipients? Part D Which of the following programs is best described as state-run (or state-administrated), as opposed to federally-run (or federally-administrated)? Medicaid Which of the following terms best describes the opportunity to take one's health insurance coverage with them when they change jobs? Portability Which of the following
best describes the program which allows individuals who leave their jobs to remain on the employer's health insurance policy for as long as eighteen months (assuming the employee pays the premiums)? COBRA According to your text, which of the following is the leading cause of death in the U.S. (in 2005)? Heart Disease Heart Disease Which of the following, according to your text, can be substituted for HMO's (when a wealthier patient finds services provided by HMO's lacking)? Boutique health care According to your text, the United
States Census $23,050 $23,050 According to your text, which of the following U.S. presidents declared a "war on poverty?" Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Johnson According to your text, which of the following statistical measurements are commonly used by economists to demonstrating a nation's income equality and inequality? Real Gross National Product Gini coefficient According to your text, Social Security was enacted during what "era?" The New Deal
Era The New Deal Era According to your text, which of the following is not a category of benefits under the Social Security program? Medicaid Medicaid According to your text, which of the following terms often refers to Social Security? "Third Rail" "Third Rail" According to your text, by what year will each Social Security benefits recipient be supported by only two workers contributing to the Social Security system? 2020 2040 According to your text, by what year will the Social Security trust funds be depleted (and revenue coming into the program will pay only about 75 percent of the benefits due retirees and other recipients)? 2029 2036 According to your text, public education policy has traditionally been in the hands of policymakers from what type of government? The
federal government State and local governments According to your text, which of the following acts of Congress established the land-grant college system (which funds higher-education institutions such as Utah State University)? The Price Act of 1898 The Morrill Act of 1862 According to your text, which of the following is a traditional source of education funding in the United States? Excise tax revenue Property tax revenue According to your text, which of the following figures of historical significance believed education to "... provide[] an avenue to ensure the continuation of U.S. democracy?" Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson According to your text, which of the following programs is/are designed or intended to improve schools by promoting competition among schools? School voucher
programs School choice and school vouchers programs Which of the following public educational programs, according to your text, was adopted under the Obama Administration? All of these were adopted during the Obama Administration Race to the Top According to your text, the costs of higher education have recently been rising ________? Lower than inflation Higher than inflation According to your text, which of the following acts of Congress established the land-grant college system (which funds higher-education institutions such as Utah State University)? The Thompson Act of 1856 The Morrill Act of 1862 According to your text, which of the following is a traditional source of education funding in the United States? Oil and natural gas
lease revenue Property tax revenue According to your text, which of the following clauses of the First Amendment's protections of freedom of religion relate to prayer in public schools? The Free Exercise Clause Both the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause According to your text, which of the following programs is/are designed or intended to improve schools by promoting competition among schools? School choice and school vouchers programs School choice and school vouchers programs According to your text, what position to organizations representing teachers, such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, take towards testing requirements? These groups do not support testing requirements. According to your text, which U.S. President believed that education provides an avenue to ensure the continuation of U.S. democracy? Thomas Jefferson During which presidential administration was the controversial No Child Left Behind Act enacted by Congress? The Bush (II) Administration The Bush (II) Administration According to your text, which level(s) of government has/have traditionally been most responsible for public education? Federal government State/local governments Which of the following acts of Congress does your text identify as the "first major education legislation?" The No Child Left Behind Act The Elementary and Secondary Education Act According to your text, which of the following United States Supreme Court cases involves a challenge to prayer at a school-sponsored football game? Engel v. Vitale Sante Fe Independent School District v. Doe According to your text, which of the following United States Supreme Court cases marks the beginning of consistent rulings against school-sponsored prayer? Zelman v. Simmons-Harris Engel v. Vitale According to your text, which of the following professions has the highest median salary (as of 2008)? Teacher Computer Scientist According to your text, which of the following professions has the lowest median salary, as of 2008? Teacher According to your text (citing State Higher
Education Executive Officers), what happened to per pupil educational appropriations in Utah (as a percentage of change) between 2005 and 2010? Per pupil educational appropriations increased during this time period Per pupil educational appropriations did not change at all during this time period Per pupil educational appropriations decreased during this time period
Per pupil educational appropriations decreased during this time period According to your text (citing the U.S. Census Bureau), which of the following individuals earn the lowest mean salary (as of 2010)? Females without a high school diploma According to your text, which American news outlet remarked that the energy components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would have amounted to "the biggest energy bill in history," had they been a stand-along measure of legislation? The Wall Street Journal The New York Times According to your text, the League of Conservation Voters compiles which of the following, as a record of members' votes on environment-related bills in Congress? National Environmental Track Record National Environmental Scorecard According to your text, which of the following best represents the George W. Bush Administration's position with respect to fossil fuels and their relationship to the nation's energy demands? The U.S. should use and develop other sources of energy to meet the nation's growing energy demands. None of these are true. The U.S. should increase the use of fossil fuels to meet the nation's growing energy demands The Bush Administration had no position with respect to the use of fossil fuels and meeting the nation's energy demands. The U.S. should increase the use of fossil fuels to meet the nation's growing energy demands In what year did the "Earth Summit" take place? 1990 1992 According to your text, which of the following was the first National Park created by Congress? Arches National Park Yellowstone National Park According to your text, which of the following federal agencies was the first to be created by Congress? Both the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service were created in the same year. There is no such thing as the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service The U.S. Forest Service The National Park Service The U.S. Forest Service According to your text, which of the following states is not part of Yellowstone National Park? Colorado Colorado According to your text, which of the following natural disasters most notably contributed to the expanded conservation policies of the New Deal under President Roosevelt? A series of devastating tornedos The Dust Bowl According to your text, what is the title of Rachel Carson's influential book that drew the public's attention to environmental policy in the early 1960s? "Silent Spring" According to your text, what was the result of the Reagan Administration's efforts to roll back environmental policy during the 1980s? The major U.S. environmental laws became diluted A strengthening of the major U.S. environmental laws According to your text, which U.S. president created the Environmental Protection Agency? Jimmy Carter Richard Nixon Which of the following statutes does your text describe as what might appear to constitute a coherent national policy on environmental policy? The National Environmental Policy Act The National Environmental Policy Act According to your text, the concept of "environmental stewardship" became popular in which century? The Twentieth Century The Twentieth Century According to your text, which of the following federal agencies administers the Endangered Species Act for land-based species? The U.S. Forest Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hich of the following U.S. presidents, according to your text, declared that the United States was "addicted to oil...?" Bill Clinton George W. Bush According to your text, which of the following agencies was replaced by the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") in 1947? 1. The Federal Bureau of Investigation 2. The Office of Strategic Services 3. The National Security Council 4. The National Security Agency The Office of Strategic Services According to your text, which American president was instrumental in the passage of the Medicare program? 1. Lyndon B. Johnson 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower 3. Harry S. Truman 4. Richard M. Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson According to your text, which of the following is an internationally recognized "nuclear weapons state?" 1. Brazil 2. Australia 3. France 4. Japan France According to your text, which of the following describes an international agreement on climate change that exempts developing nations from a requirement imposed on industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? 1. The Earth First Pact 2. The World Summit 3. The Kyoto Protocol 4. The Earth Summit The Kyoto Protocol According to your text, which of the following is the "most important of the UN policymaking bodies?" 1. The Warsaw Pact 2. The UN Security Council 3. NATO 4. The World Trade Organization The UN Security Council According to your text, which of the following best describes the combination of "... a specification of policy goals as well as the means used to achieve them..." 2. Policymaking 3. Agenda Setting 4. Feedback Policymaking According to your text, which of the following happens when policy actors "... have differing views about the substance of public policies or whether government intervention is justifiable at all." 1. Conflict 2. Compromise 3. Persuasion 4. Policymaking Conflict Which of the following terms best describes "Blackwater USA"? 1. U.S. Military Service Branch 2. Foreign Military Power 3. Civilian Police Force 4.Private Contractor Private Contractor According to your text, which of the following organizations is the historical counterpart to NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? 1. The Warsaw Pact 2. The Soviet Union 3. The North Atlantic Alliance 4. The Marshall Plan The Warsaw Pact According to your text, which of the following is true of public policy change "most of the time...?" 1. Change occurs in small steps 2. Change is drastic and far reaching 3. Change rarely happens 4. Change is unpredictable and difficult to quantify Change occurs in small steps The Center on Education Policy, which has studied and evaluated the No Child Left Behind Legislation, claims to be which of the following? 1. None of these are true 2. Nonpartisan 3. Democrat-oriented 4. Republican-oriented Nonpartisan According to your text, which of the following terms best describes: "a hardheaded or practical appraisal of national interests that emphasizes competition among nation states?" 1. Perestroika 2. Political Capitalism 3. Realpolitik 4. Schadenfreude Realpolitik According to your text, who chairs the National Security Council? 1. The Vice-President of the United States 2. The current highest ranking general in the U.S. Armed Forces 3. The Secretary of State 4. The President of the United States The President of the United States According to your text, which of the following is a usual attender of the National Security Council meetings? 1. The Secretary of Labor 2. The Secretary of the Treasury 3. The Secretary of Veterans' Affairs 4. The Secretary of Health and Human Services The Secretary of the Treasury Which of the following does your text identify as the "dominant style" of policymaking in the U.S. political system? 1. Liberal policymaking 2. Incremental policymaking 3. Radical policymaking 4. Conservative policymaking Incremental policymaking According to your text, by what year will Social Security benefits that must be paid out exceed the program's revenue from current workers? 1. 2019 2. 2027 3. 2017 4. 2041 2027 Which of the following U.S. presidents, according to your text, did not follow the prevailing pattern of "policy gridlock," in relation to energy policy, during their presidency? 1. Gerald Ford 2. George W. Bush 3. Jimmy Carter 4. Richard Nixon George W. Bush Which of the following U.S. political offices is not identified by your text as one of the most important policy actors responsible for American foreign policy? 1. Secretary of State 2. National Security Advisor 3. Speaker of the House of Representatives 4. President Speaker of the House of Representatives According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the Obama Administration's perspectives and priorities on the subject of environmental policy versus the Bush Administration's perspectives and priorities on the subject of environmental policy? 1. Strikingly different 2. Marginally different 3. More or less the same 4. Incredibly similar Strikingly different Which of the following does your text identify as a "good example of forward-looking and wide-ranging policymaking?" 1. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 2. The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 3. The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 4. The National Academy of Public Administration of 2000 The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Which of the following is not identified by your text as a federal agency responsible for foreign and defense Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Which of the following terms best describes "Blackwater USA"? Private Contractor Which of the
following U.S. political offices is not identified by your text as one of the most important policy Speaker of the House of Representatives According to your text, who chairs the National Security Council? The President of the United States According to your text, which of the following is a usual attender of the National Security Council meetings? The Secretary of the Treasury According to your text, which of the following terms best describes: "a hardheaded or practical appraisal of Realpolitik According to your text,
which of the following organizations is the historical counterpart to NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? The Warsaw Pact According to your text, which of the following is the "most important of the UN policymaking bodies?" The UN Security Council According to your text, which of the following is an internationally recognized "nuclear weapons state?" France According to your text, which of the following agencies was replaced by the Central Intelligence Agency The Office of Strategic Services According to your text, which of the following best describes the combination of "... a specification of policy Policymaking According to your text, which of the following happens when policy actors "... have differing views about the Conflict
According to your text, which of the following is true of public policy change "most of the time...?" Change occurs in small steps Which of the following does your text identify as the "dominant style" of policymaking in the U.S.
political Incremental policymaking Which of the following does your text identify as a "good example of forward looking and wide-ranging policy making?" The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development According to your text, which of the following federal departments did Congressional Republicans want to The Department of Education Which of the following is not emphasized by your text as an "evaluative criteria" for public policy? Environmentalist According to your text, which of the following U.S. Presidents (while campaigning for office) pledged to "make Barack Obama According to your text, which of the following best describes "Common Cause?" Citizen group According to your text, which of the following may contribute to
raising public participation in the future? Advancements in technology Which is the best definition of the public policy?Public policy can be generally defined as a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives.
What is the definition of public policy quizlet?Public policy refers to the laws, the actions of the government, the funding priorities and the regulations that reflect given positions, attitudes, cultural ideals or accepted rules.
Which of the following definitions best defines public policy quizlet?Which of the following best describes the term "public policy?" Family-bases decision which are meant to affect family-related problems such as household spending, sharing of assets and duties, and meal planning. Personal, individual decisions about one's future endeavors and plans.
What is public policy Short answer?Public policy generally consists of the set of actions—plans, laws, and behaviours—adopted by a government. Concern with the new governance draws attention to the extent to which these actions are often performed now by agents of the state rather than directly by the state.
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