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- 1. Open EndedThe Advocacy Coalition Framework illustrates
- 2. Open EndedCasework is most closely associated with which group of actors?
- 3. Open EndedHearings, lawmaking, and congressional oversight hearings are used to
- 4. Open EndedOfficial actors in the policy process gain their role by virtue of
- 5. Open EndedCongress focuses on oversight and distributive projects rather than lawmaking because
- 6. Open EndedAccording to Richard Fenno, the members of Congress behave the way they do because of a desire to
- 7. Open EndedGovernment agencies are part of what branch of government?
- 8. Open EndedCongress is part of what branch of government?
- 9. Open EndedThe decentralized nature of Congress allows for
- 10. Open EndedPolicy communities are composed of specialists in a given policy area such as
- 11. Open EndedThe laws that are drafted by the legislature are called
- 12. Open EndedThe laws that are made when judges and courts make decisions are called
- 13. Open EndedAccording to Richard Neustadt, the power of the president is
- 14. Open EndedThe systematic study of bureaucracy was first associated with
- 15. Open EndedThe writing of vague policy and law by the Congress implies what for government agencies?
- 16. Open EndedWhere does the greatest amount of agenda-setting power in Congress reside?
- 17. Open EndedWhich is not an advantage that the president has over Congress in making public policy?
- 18. Open EndedOver which branch of the government does Congress exercise "oversight" power?
- 19. Open EndedWhich of the following persons is a member of the executive branch?
- 20. Open EndedWhich of the following is not an example of a public good?
- 21. Open EndedBureaucracy means
- 22. Open EndedThe phenomenon that involves members of a legislature agreeing to vote for each other's spending bill is known as
- 23. Open EndedTrue/False: Casework refers to things that legislators and their staffs do to help constituents solve problems with executive agencies.
- 24. Open EndedTrue/False: Decision-making power in Congress is in many ways decentralized.
- 25. Open EndedTrue/False: Private individuals and organizations participate in making policy decisions, but the formal authority to decide rests with public officials.
- 26. Open EndedTrue/False: The Courts are often involved in making public policy.
- 27. Open EndedTrue/False: The Government Accountability Office of the Congress studies the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of government agencies and programs.
- 28. Open EndedTrue/False: The legislative branch often times does not pass bills because they are simply introduced for symbolic reasons.
- 29. Open EndedTrue/False: The president's large staff makes it more difficult for him to manage progress toward the administration's goals.
- 30. Open EndedTrue/False: The president's main strength int eh policy process is as agenda setter.
- 31. Open EndedTrue/False: Bureaucracies are neutral institutions whose members have no independent policy preferences.
- 32. Open EndedTrue/False: Bureaucrats are responsive to public opinion because they are popularly elected to their positions.
- 33. Open EndedTrue/False: Bureaucrats are utterly free to do whatever they want without any accountability to he people.
- 34. Open EndedTrue/False: Congressional oversight of a program occurs before a law is enacted that establishes it.
- 35. Open EndedTrue/False: Courts do not make policy; they merely interpret the laws passed by the legislature and signed by the executive.
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