Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Policy is about what the government does and what it does not do.
2. Public policy happens in a vacuum.
3. Different policies compete with each other to become the government’s priorities.
4. It is easy to determine whether a focusing event will bring policy change.
5. Policy areas are all interrelated.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Given current demographic trends, which group will become increasingly important in the nation's political system?Â
A. African Americans B. Hispanics, or Latinos C. Native Americans D. Asians E. Whites
All of the following conclusions concerning the effects of descriptive representation are true EXCEPT ______.
a. the poor suffer in the distribution of goods and services because they are badly underrepresented b. African Americans and women have gained symbolically from greater representation in Congress c. African Americans and women have clearly gained substantively from greater representation in Congress d. the primary effect of descriptive representation appears to be to bring neglected perspectives to the legislative process e. partisan identification is often more important than race or gender in determining the policy positions a representative will support
If a group of people supporting housing equity organized themselves and attempted to affect policymakers, they would have formed
A. an interest group. B. a political party. C. a lobby. D. a civil interest group. E. a social movement.