Which of the following is NOT true regarding welfare policy making and experimentation?
a. States have been coined as "laboratories of democracy" in order to experiment with different policies withoutrisk to the entire nation
b. The competition and experimentation among states and localities often leads to best practices in the provisionsof public policy.
c. Allowing states and localities to experiment with public policies can help foster and develop a set of bestpractices for other jurisdictions to emulate.
d. Competition may lead to a race to the top, with states and localities trying to add social welfare and healthcare benefits to attract more people to their location.
d
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The General Assembly comes together every few years for __________ sessions on general topics
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Policy making is a cyclical process
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Those who claim that the pluralist model fits the United States better than the elite model point out that
a. powerful minorities do not win major policy contests. b. no identifiable elite wins consistently over a broad range of issues. c. in the end, the public at large is the major force in policy making. d. financial resources are irrelevant in affecting public policy decisions. e. business interests control a vast majority of congressional legislation passed each year.
Most professionals in the U.S. news media are committed to __________
a. expressing liberal viewpoints b. being unbiased c. expressing conservative viewpoints d. providing international coverage