Question 1 The Streams Metaphor is associated with which scholar?
Question 2 "Pork barrel" spending is most closely associated with which policy type?
Question 3 The Advocacy Coalition Framework illustrates
Question 4 Log rolling by legislators often leads to _______ spending
Question 5 From 2008 to 2011, the federal budget deficit as a proportion of GDP
Question 6 Material inducements to join are most closely associated with which unofficial actors?
Question 7 The main critique of the "stages" model of the policy process is that it
Question 8 The systematic study of bureaucracy was first associated with
Question 9 The mutually reinforcing relationship between a congressional subcommittee, a federal agency, and regulated interest groups is known as the _____________model of policy relationships.
Question 10 The laws that made when judges and courts make decisions are called _____________
Question 11 Protective regulatory policy
Question 12 Political learning entails
Question 13 The news media
Question 14 An economic depression is characterized by
Question 15 If I were to say that focus of policy studies should be on the actions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, what approach to policy studies would I be adopting?
Question 16 Which of these statements is true?
Question 17 Muckraking is a term applied to
Question 18 The allocation of television and radio frequencies and the awarding of cable television franchises are examples of which policy type?
Question 19 The phenomenon that involves members of a legislature agreeing to vote for each other's spending bills is known as _____________
Question 20 Social Construction refers to
Question 21 Outputs from the systems model of politics and policy include
Question 22 Official Actors in the policy process gain their role by virtue of:
Question 23 The theory that states that a few people in government, business, academia, and the media have a disproportionate share of the control over America's political and economic resources is called
Question 24 Group mobilization refers to the idea that
Question 25 Government agencies are part of what branch of government?
Question 26 The Advocacy Coalition Framework illustrates
Question 27 Evidence gathered using the scientific method is superior to anecdotal evidence because
Question 28 People belong to membership interest groups by virtue of
Question 29 The laws that are drafted by the legislature are called _____________
Question 30 Why were the Articles of Confederation ultimately replaced by the federal Constitution?
Question 31 In scholarly research, a good theory should
Question 32 The substantive area of policy over which participants in policy making compete and compromise is known as
Question 33 Policy makers often use ______________ as a way of floating "trial balloons" to assess the reaction of the public to certain policy issues.
Question 34 When we discuss the outcomes of policies we are concerned with
Question 35 In the mid-1960s, David Easton first pioneered a model that states that the public policy process is a product of a system. The public policy process is influenced by and influences the environment in which it operates. This model is known as the
Question 36 The writing of vague policy and law by the Congress implies what for government agencies?
Question 37 When newspapers and other media talk about "playing politics" with an issue, they usually mean that
Question 38 Casework is most closely associated with which group of actors?
Question 39 The daily newspaper of federal regulatory activity is called the ______________
Question 40 The "Institutional Analysis and Development" framework, associated with Elinor Ostrom's work, describes policy making and change in terms of
Question 41 In American political philosophy, governmental authority is delegated from
Question 42 What is the key barrier to interest group growth and success?
Question 43 A policy tool is
Question 44 An agenda in the policy process refers to
Question 45 According to Stone one purpose of using numbers in problem definition is
Question 46 Classifying policies as either liberal or conservative is:
Question 47 Where does the greatest amount agenda setting power in Congress reside?
Question 48 The separation of powers refers to
Question 49 The idea that interest groups are organized in policy communities within a policy domain is associated with which model of the policy process?
Question 50 Hearings, lawmaking, and congressional oversight hearings are used to
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