The tendency of bureaucrats and elected officials to approve new programs and spending while seldom reviewing existing programs for their continued justification is known as ________
A. incrementalism
B. adjudication
C. implementation
D. reinvention
ANSWER: A
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A system in which government is fully controlled by the ruler(s), but social and economic institutions are not under control of the government, is called
A) totalitarianism. B) absolutism. C) socialism. D) democratic socialism. E) authoritarianism.
Which definition below best defines a non-state actor?
A. a person, group, or organization whose ultimate authority and resources (salary, equipment, etc.) typically come from the fact that they work for, or in, a state B. a small number of individuals and companies with extraordinary wealth and influence far exceeding most people and even some countries C. any person, group, or organization--whether within a state or across state boundaries--that does not work in, or for, a state D. a group that thinks of itself as a political community
The income and occupations of members of Congress
a. typically reflect the pluralistic nature of American society. b. places over 90 percent of them in the millionaire businessperson class. c. would, for the most part, make them members of the elite in American society. d. have no real impact on public policymaking. e. are very close to the average found among their constituency.
A visitor returning to Malaysia after the Green Revolution would probably notice __________
a. little change in the villages as the indigenous people assert their right to self determination by retaining traditional ways b. visual changes resulting from the new prosperity, such as roads and new shops c. more health care facilities created to treat the increased occurrence of exhaustion among the peasant farmers who now must plant two crops of rice per year just to survive d. massive unemployment due to the lessened need for farm workers