Whether pursuing resources or autonomy, all bureaucracies have to engage in
a. building close relationships with Congress because the legislative branch controls the budget.
b. watching the Supreme Court closely because the justices also do not have to face the voters so they are willing to strike down bureaucratic rules as unconstitutional.
c. politics that involves mobilizing supporters, gathering allies, negotiating mutually beneficial deals with other politicians, keeping in touch with people whose cooperation is needed, and adapting to the realities of power.
d. partisan politics to ensure the election of presidents who are generally more committed to expanding the size and scope of federal programs.
c. politics that involves mobilizing supporters, gathering allies, negotiating mutually beneficial deals with other politicians, keeping in touch with people whose cooperation is needed, and adapting to the realities of power.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following statements about environmental regulations in the United States is NOT true?
a. Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken a limited role in regulating the activities of private actors. b. While 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes, this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism. c. President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations, which were subsequently adopted by Congress. d. The United States has fewer environmental regulations than other advanced democracies. e. States have tended to act in the absence of federal action on environmental issues as exemplified by several states adopting emissions caps that broadly follow the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocols that has not been adopted by the national government.
Most climatologists believe that the recent climate change is the result of human activities, especially the release of:
A. noble gases. B. inert gases. C. greenhouse gases. D. dielectric gases. E. insulating gases.
What is the political theory that holds that government should do what most of the people want it to do?
A. Pluralism B. Majoritarianism C. Elite theory D. Proportionalism E. Democratic centralism
5 The concept of mootness requires that the court's decision must be able to grant some relief to the parties
a. true b. false