American Government, SBU, Dr Kwasi questions with correct answers
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HAN
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Issue identification: Someone calls to attention the problem that needs government action.
Agenda setting: Problem is seriously considered by the policymaking institution.
Policy formation: Deliberation of pros and cons of different courses of actions that may take years to complete.
Policy adop...
American Government, SBU, Dr Kwasi
questions with correct answers
Issue identification: Someone calls to attention the problem that needs government
action.
Agenda setting: Problem is seriously considered by the policymaking institution.
Policy formation: Deliberation of pros and cons of different courses of actions that
may take years to complete.
Policy adoption: Fight to gain governmental support for policy.
Policy implementation: Carrying out of the policy through public programs and
actions.
Policy evaluation: Looking at government's actions to see whether their goals have
been achieved to assess stuff. - Answer What are the six stages in the policy
making process?
Which of the founding fathers believed that the government should play an active
role in shaping the nation's economy? Who disagreed and said state focused? -
Answer Alexander Hamilton.
Thomas Jefferson.
The War Powers Resolution limits the defense policy power of the...? - Answer
President, specifically keeping troops in foreign countries to fight without starting
War.
What does American public opinion on foreign and defense policy generally show?
- Answer That we don't know much or care until something major happens. That
and attentive publics.
, What is rational model of decision making? - Answer A model that assumes
policy peeps have clear objectives and information for a good decision. The result?
Well, it's obviously the most efficient/effective way to achieve the goal.
What is incremental model of decision making? - Answer More realistic. Sees
public policy as a process of making decisions at the margins of current policies by
adding/subtracting from those policies.
What is the elite model of decision making? - Answer Public policies are made by
a relatively small group of influential leaders who share common goals.
What is the pluralist model of decision making? - Answer A theory that attributes
policy outcomes to pressures exerted by different interest groups.
What is fiscal policy? - Answer Management of government expenditures and tax
rates as a means for conducting national economic policy.
What are Keynesians? - Answer Advocate spending when economy is sluggish,
even if deficit results, in order to REVIVE the economy.
What is Monetary policy? - Answer Manipulation of money to control the
economy. (Federal Reserve System).
What is national debt? Budget Surplus? Budget Deficit? - Answer National Debt
is simple the total amount of money the government owes. Budget Surplus is
excess money basically. Budget Deficit is debt.
What are infrastructure projects? - Answer Highways, school buildings, etc and
they support and enhance the economic health of the nation.
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