Which of the following statements about the South African bureaucracy is NOT true?
a. Some departments are administered in a centralized fashion by national ministries whereas others are administered by the provinces.
b. It has grown substantially in the post-apartheid era as the government has expanded public welfare programs.
c. Some central ministries have a reputation for efficiency whereas others do not.
d. It is impossible to dismiss public servants, both during the Mandela era and later administrations, due to the civil service protections.
e. There has been many prominent examples of corruption involving public servants in the post-apartheid era.
d
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What can happen to legislative policies upon implementation by the bureaucracy?
A. Policies always translate well into bureaucratic programs with few problems. B. Sometimes policies can be misdirected, with little potential for producing the intended results. C. Policies are typically implemented by people who lack resources or the knowledge to fulfill them. D. Frequently the legislature overfunds programs, which is realized once the policy is implemented.
?Discuss the effects of voter identification laws and argue whether these laws are a benefit or a harm to U.S. elections.
What will be an ideal response?
In a graph representing data from a factorial design, parallel lines would indicate that
A) there is no interaction. B) there is at least one interaction present. C) there is a significant interaction. D) there are at least two main effects.
Which of the following statements about interest group coalitions is LEAST accurate?
A. Entering into a coalition may require interest groups to abandon or deemphasize certain parts of their agendas in order to retain the support of their coalition members. B. Government officials often prefer to work with coalitions because they show the possibilities for consensus on a given policy. C. Because interest groups are driven purely by ideology, they never form coalitions with groups whose views are not the same as their own. D. Coalitions allow individual interest groups to enhance their visibility. E. Coalitions expand individual interest groups' access to resources.