Americans expect that their bureaucrats will enforce laws according to the principle of ______.
a. agency capture
b. red tape
c. patronage
d. neutral competence
e. bureaucratic discretion
d. neutral competence
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A) 6 B) 7 C) 4 D) 5
______ was the first country in the world to include sexual orientation in its constitution as a category protected from discrimination.
A. Canada B. South Africa C. The Netherlands D. Brazil
Which of the following best defines political culture?
(A) It is the process by which one acquires opinions about government. (B) It is the shared attitudes of a people regarding government. (C) It is the belief that no one person can effect change in government. (D) It is the willingness of people to accept government's right to rule. (E) It is a statement by government officials about how citizens should behave.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Political scientist John Gaus agreed with Woodrow Wilson that separating politics from administration could be done by enacting laws that gave elected officials control to guide policy that administrators would simply carry out. 2. Policymakers do not value a loose chain of command rather than more direct control over their subordinates. 3. Citizens and elected officials demand a lower standard of ethics than that expected in the private sector for political appointed public administrators. 4. Process accountability is concerned with how agencies perform their tasks. 5. Since different government agencies have varied cultures, it is difficult to maintain a standard set of professional norms that govern administrative behavior.