In the context of public policy, what effect does a trigger mechanism have?
a. It compels the legislative branch to begin the process of reauthorization and investigation.
b. It forces the executive branch to implement, or "pull the trigger on," a new policy.
c. It propels an established problem on to the next stage of the policy process.
d. It provides a legitimate way to exclude an item from an agenda.
c
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a. eating disorders b. neo-Nazism c. high rates of mental illness d. drug violence
If a policy is continued, it enters into the _______________, so that information about its consequences can be re-analyzed in the formulation of new policies
a. black hole b. reiteration cycle c. disinformation network d. feedback loop e. evaluation loop.
Martin Luther King Jr. insisted that __________was the only gateway to negotiation. Those negotiations ended with Birmingham businesses agreeing to integrate lunch counters and hire more blacks
A) peaceful civil disobedience B) prayer C) revolution D) the threat of violence E) the use of violence
A government that consolidates most power in the national government is called
a. confederal. b. federal. c. liberal. d. unitary. e. republican.