The concept of capacity refers to government's ability to
a. respond to change.
b. make decisions efficiently and responsively.
c. manage conflict.
d. All of these choices are correct.
d
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Which of the following statements best describes the role of the foreign policy bureaucracy under President Obama?
a. Although the bureaucracy has expanded in the Obama administration, the president depends on the advice of his cabinet and only monitors the bureaucracy’s execution of his foreign policy agenda. b. The president has worked to reduce the size of the foreign policy bureaucracy, downplaying its role in critical foreign policy objectives. c. The president treats the advice of bureaucratic leaders and cabinet secretaries with the same weight, elevating the status of the foreign policy bureaucracy. d. Although cabinet members play a vital role in the Obama administration, the president seeks most of his day-to-day advice from bureaucrats, particularly staffers with the National Security Administration.
Policy makers are willing to live with various social conditions until
a. they die. b. foreign governments intervene. c. the condition is redefined as a social problem. d. the Supreme Court orders Congress to address it. e. the condition personally effects them.
According to the chapter 14 video, interest groups are most like to exert the most pressure on which government institution?
a. Supreme Court b. Congress c. Bureaucracies d. Executive Branch
The weakness of the Nigerian state is evidenced by the
a. difficulty of recruiting civil servants. b. poor state of military readiness in the armed forces. c. lack of universities. d. eradication of polio in the country. e. inability to maintain law and order in Lagos and other major cities.