What are policy tools?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Schneider and Ingram (1997, p. 93), policy tools are “the elements in policy design that cause agents or targets to do something they would not otherwise do with the intention of modifying behavior to solve public problems or attain policy goals.”
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A. Conceivable mechanism B. Relative mechanism C. Acceptable mechanism D. Plausible mechanism
Which of the following refers to voluntary pacts among local governments in a metropolitan area with the aim of performing services jointly or on behalf of each other?
A. interjurisdictional agreements B. council of governments C. city-county consolidation D. special district authorities
If Republicans start worrying that Libertarian candidates are taking some of their votes, the Libertarians will become __________
A) virtually extinct B) trenchantly corrupt C) a relevant party D) an adjunct group
What term do we use to describe the system by which one office, contested by two or more candidates, is won by the candidate who collects the most votes?
a. Reapportionment b. Representative Democracy c. Majority Representation d. Electoral Realignment e. Proportional Representation