What are the main complications attributed to bureaucratic agencies in the U.S. foreign policy process? Give specific examples for each problem you discuss.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should recognize the dysfunctions, fragmentation, and autonomy of institutions in the foreign policy process. The main complications that should be discussed are bureaucratic resilience to change and new administrations, high autonomy for decision-making, self-interest separate from political parties and administrations, conservatism toward reform (or “stickiness”), and inefficiency based on fragmentation and sharing of power. Examples will vary, but the ones included in the chapter focus on the 2003 Iraq war and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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a. Incumbents have a huge advantage in reelection. b. Incumbents have a small advantage in reelection. c. Incumbents have no advantage in reelection. d. Incumbents only leave office when pressured by party leadership. e. Incumbents only leave office when they choose.
Sunset laws are statutes that
a. set automatic expiration dates for specified agencies and other organizations. b. require the legislature to end the session on a particular date. c. reduce the power of committee chairs in the agenda-setting role. d. end the legislative veto.
Out of the five views of political power, the view that states that there is an ever-present gap between American political ideals and American political institutions in practice is known as the
a. Class View by Karl Marx b. Bureaucratic View by Max Weber c. Creedal Passions View by Samuel Huntington d. Pluralist View by David B. Truman
The Affordable Care Act
A. does not involve state governments in its implementation. B. provides financial assistance to those who cannot afford insurance premiums. C. requires only those actually employed to have health insurance. D. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2012. E. was supported by most Republicans in Congress.