One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to
A. work at cross purposes with one another.
B. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
C. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
D. generate complex and sometimes conflicting rules.
E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.
Answer: C
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a. North Texas. b. West Texas. c. The Gulf Coast. d. East Texas. e. Central Texas.
According to political scientist Frank L. Klingberg,
naval expenditures, annexations, armed expeditions and diplomatic pressures reveal alternating phases of __________ in American foreign policy. A) aggression and passivity B) introversion and extroversion C) commerce and stagnation D) violence and tranquility
Since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia, how many people have been executed in the United States?
a. 40 b. 1,400 c. 4,000 d. 400,000
The framers of the Constitution created a bicameral legislative branch because they feared that the national legislature would become too powerful
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.