All of the following statements concerning the making of policy are true EXCEPT ______.
a. Congress sometimes makes a policy through a bundle of several laws.
b. Presidents have made profound changes in policy through executive orders.
c. Policies are best thought of as the product of the actions of one branch of government.
d. Bureaucracies make policy though their power to regulate.
e. The courts take a policymaking role when they rule on what government can or cannot do.
c. Policies are best thought of as the product of the actions of one branch of government.
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According to political scientist Peter Evans, who benefits
the most from collective action? a. politically-connected elites b. less-privileged people c. paid interest group staff d. wealthy individuals
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of counterbalancing?
A) Each participant is exposed to all conditions of the experiment. B) Each condition is presented an equal number of times. C) Each condition is presented randomly in each position. D) Each condition precedes and follows each other condition an equal number of times.
What is a key weakness of oil cartels?
a. When there is an oil surplus, and prices are soft, producers tend to increase production above cartel quotas in order to gain market share. b. Cartels are often deeply restricted by both international and domestic law. c. Cartels are often broken up externally by more powerful actors, usually consumers. d. Cartels make themselves more vulnerable than their consumers to price shocks caused by their own actions.
The presidential advisory unit that, as a whole, has declined significantly as an advisory resource for the president in the last century is the
A. cabinet (as a whole). B. National Economic Council. C. White House Office. D. National Security Council. E. Office of Management and Budget.