Spea v 185 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

rational decision making → Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice → people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? → You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. → These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. → Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. → Maximize your utility pure rationality → requires p...

Which of the following most accurately describes institutional racism? a) The systematic perpetuation of racial inequalities through laws, customs and practices b) Bureaucratic use of discretion to negatively impact minority constituents c) Racist administrative norms resulting from biased individual bureaucrats d) All of the above a) The systematic perpetuation of racial inequalities through laws, customs and practices Which of the following is most accurate? a) In means equality, ...

Define and identify the four major components of the scientific method. → - Theory- Some basic understanding of things that help us simply and explain complex relationships → → - Operationalization- how to turn abstract concepts into something tangible/ meaningful? → → - Observation-How to measure? → → - Analysis- How to demonstrate a casualty or pattern. (look at the data and see if theory is correct or incorrect) What is public management? → Public management ref...

What does it mean to be a rational actor? You are able to rank-order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. You are also able to analyze all the possible alternatives and know which alternatives will work the best. These rank-ordered preferences are stable and transitive. What is bounded rationality and how does it differ from pure rationality? -Bounded rationality is a response to some problems with the comprehensively rational model, people don't have the capa...

Theory → some basic understanding of things that helps us simplify and explain complex relationships Operationalization → how to turn abstract concepts into something tangible/ meaningful observation → how to measure analysis → how to demonstrate causality or pattern, ex. when trying to solve different policy problems dependent variable → a factor, event, or outcome that we want to explain independent variable → causes, explorations. things that we think are important ...