Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the U.S. federal government’s incremental policy-making approach.
What will be an ideal response?
Advantages: Closer to the problem/issue in time, politically acceptable, enables government to test out policies on a smaller scale. Disadvantages: Time consuming, sometimes compromise is not desirable, prevents significant action.
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How is successful lobbying similar to the actions that the President takes when trying to gain support from members of Congress?
A. The easiest strategy that wins supporters is by threatening electoral harm by opposing something popular. B. Getting people to do what he or she wants them to do by convincing them that the action serves their goals. C. Mobilizing public opinion through speeches and television commercials is the easiest way to build support. D. Cutting off access and limiting benefits help political actors understand what actions are in their best interests.
A process-oriented definition of democracy emphasizes
a. equality of result. b. the ways in which government works. c. that everyone is equal. d. the ambiguity of the term democracy.
The general idea that one or more states' power is being used to counter that of another state or group of states is called __________.
A. bandwagoning B. balance of power C. dominance D. containment
Concentrated power scared the Founders because they feared . ________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).