Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The authors contend that the best way to determine public interest is to increase the number of people who have input into determining what it is.
2. Political scientist Kenneth Meier suggests that the responsibility for maintaining the quality of America’s bureaucratic system rests primarily with the citizens.
3. The term “red tape” is derived from the practice of seventeenth-century British officials using red tape to bind together legal documents.
4. Barbour and Wright contend that bureaucratic and democratic decision making generally have the same goals and methods.
5. Independent agencies are primarily concerned with enforcing regulations on businesses.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False
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A. citizens began to realize the importance of bureaucracy. B. fighting the war led to the hiring of many new officials and the creation of new offices. C. the Union had better bureaucrats than the Confederacy. D. state governments were able to manage the growth in government from the war. E. bureaucrats became popular among the people.
The U.S. government owns what percentage of the major television outlets?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 75% e. 100%
Incentive packages to encourage business relocation a. include promises that nonnational governments rarely keep. b. always include tax breaks, low-interest loans, and construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations
c. may include tax breaks, low-interest loans, and construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations. d. are limited by recent regional agreements about the construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations.
__________ grants typically allocate federal dollars but clearly specify the category of activity for which the money has to be spent
a. Block b. Categorical c. Development d. National