The bureaucratic politics model of the foreign policy process is challenged by two other models. What are they? Which model most accurately describes U.S. foreign policy? You will have to define the bureaucratic politics model of foreign policy to answer this question.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers should define the bureaucratic politics model as the study of how actors and agencies operate in a fragmented, decentralized, and competitive system. One challenge to the bureaucratic politics model is the presidential control model, which asserts that presidents have stronger autonomy and institutional power over other actors and agencies. The other challenge is known as the congressional dominance model, which argues that legislators have clear preferences and possess budgetary and agenda-setting power stronger than other agencies.

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A) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka B) Plessy v. Ferguson C) Roe v. Wade D) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services E) Johnson v. Johnson

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How ethical is covert participation? Explain when, if ever, you think covert participation might be ethical.

What will be an ideal response?

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Why does political culture matter in American politics?

a. The solutions to the problems faced by Americans are heavily shaped by our core beliefs. b. It is the cultural values of the United States that allow us to promote collectivist policies. c. American political culture supports the policies of outsourcing and heavy government regulation that are critical to a competitive economy. d. Immigrants cannot learn American political culture and as such it is a cleavage in American politics.

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Kathryn has completed a study and rejected the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis was in fact true. Kathryn has made a __________

a. correct decision. b. a type I error. c. a type II error. d. a type III error.

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