Chapter Seventeen Policymaking

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Distributive policies a. can be difficult to deliver. b. go to some segment of society. c. are facilities or services that all residents share. d. can be described by all of the above characteristics. e. can be described by none of the above characteristics.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Distributive policies a. can be difficult to deliver. b. go to some segment of society. (correct) c. are facilities or services that all residents share. d. can be described by all of the above characteristics. e. can be described by none of the above characteristics.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved A person is affected by a government policy in a way that discourages them from taking the action contemplated. Such a policy tool is known as a(n) a. incentive. b. disincentive. c. compromise. d. regulation. e. permissive.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved A person is affected by a government policy in a way that discourages them from taking the action contemplated. Such a policy tool is known as a(n) a. incentive. b. disincentive. (correct) c. compromise. d. regulation. e. permissive.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved The purpose of policy evaluation is to a. estimate the direct budgetary cost of a proposed bill. b. discover wasteful or redundant programs that can be conveniently cut. c. conduct a careful examination of the nation and its problems to formulate the agenda. d. examine those responsible for creating the policy. e. study an existing policy to discover what is working, what is not working, and what alternatives might work better.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved The purpose of policy evaluation is to a. estimate the direct budgetary cost of a proposed bill. b. discover wasteful or redundant programs that can be conveniently cut. c. conduct a careful examination of the nation and its problems to formulate the agenda. d. examine those responsible for creating the policy. e. study an existing policy to discover what is working, what is not working, and what alternatives might work better. (correct)

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved When political scientists talk about feedback loops and policy cycles, the assumption is that a. more advanced computers will improve government decision-making. b. every good government program is expected to solve a problem and be phased out. c. policies are never over; they continue to be refined, reargued, and changed. d. Congress accomplishes most of its work at the end of the calendar year. e. a policy that fails to go through this cycle is a failed policy.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved When political scientists talk about feedback loops and policy cycles, the assumption is that a. more advanced computers will improve government decision-making. b. every good government program is expected to solve a problem and be phased out. c. policies are never over; they continue to be refined, reargued, and changed. (correct) d. Congress accomplishes most of its work at the end of the calendar year. e. a policy that fails to go through this cycle is a failed policy.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved You are a Washington lawyer who specializes in municipal finance, and you interact regularly with members of Congress, congressional committee staff, the bureaucracy, and others who make policy in this area. You are a member of a(n) a. trade association. b. policy system dynamic. c. issue network. d. public interest group. e. agenda team.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved You are a Washington lawyer who specializes in municipal finance, and you interact regularly with members of Congress, congressional committee staff, the bureaucracy, and others who make policy in this area. You are a member of a(n) a. trade association. b. policy system dynamic. c. issue network. (correct) d. public interest group. e. agenda team.