What is a policy window? Give a specific example of one policy window.
What will be an ideal response?
A policy window is the opportunity presented by circumstances and attitudes to enact a policy into law. Policy entrepreneurs must wait for a window to open and then seize the opportunity. Examples will vary.
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Which of the following is an independent executive agency of the federal government?
A. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation B. The Securities and Exchange Commission C. The Federal Communications Commission D. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration E. The National Labor Relations Board
Philip is a political reporter at Flake's Bulletin during the Reconstruction Era. Which political opinion is Philip most likely to promote in the newspaper?
a. The Democratic Party should return to power in Texas. b. The newly freed slaves should participate in government. c. E.J. Davis should be removed as governor of Texas. d. The policies of the Radical Republicans should be adopted by the state.
Why is it logical for citizens to not vote?
A. The benefits are collective and they enjoy the payoff even if they have not helped to produce them by voting. B. The benefits are individual, but since governments do not provide many tangible benefits, the costs of voting outweigh the benefits. C. Votes do not really matter because politicians can manipulate the public into believing whatever they want. D. The system of separated institutions sharing powers provides more influence to the unelected branches of the government, such as the judiciary and the bureaucracy.
The number of democracies worldwide
a. is declining. b. is waning. c. has not changed in nearly five decades. d. is beginning to level off from earlier progress. e. is on the rise.