Assignment:
1. According to the text, what are the factors that contribute to the incumbency advantage (and how).
2. According to the text, identify the three participants of a "cozy little triangle." What is the significance of their relationship for policymaking?
3. According to the text, identify and describe the ways in which strategy is used in regard to the activities of the Supreme Court.
4. How does modern presidential power compare to that of earlier eras? (A simple, brief characterization is sufficient.)
5. Define and discuss principal-agent relationships. In a discussion involving at least two important principal-agent relationships between political actors/institutions, describe the concept and discuss the issues associated with it.
(This means: identify at least two different examples of principal-agent relationships in politics and, in that context, define what the relationship is and what issues or problems might surround it.)
(This is an essay length question. Responses should be approximately 250 words in length.)