Problems that arise when bureaucracies stray from their established goals and devote their energies and efforts to nonessential tasks are commonly referred to as bureaucratic ______.
a. deliberation
b. drift
c. gridlock
d. capture
b. drift
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Public approval of the president tends to
a. increase throughout a president's term of office. b. increase in the honeymoon period during the president's final year in office. c. be stable throughout a president's term. d. have little impact on presidents' abilities to implement their legislative agendas. e. decline throughout a president's years in office.
How are interest groups involved in judicial nominations?
a. Interest groups typically stay out of federal nominations, but are active endorsing judicial candidates who are elected at the state level. b. Interest groups are not involved in influencing the nomination process. c. Interest groups wait for the president to announce federal nominees, and then they either endorse or oppose them. d. Even before justices are nominated, interest groups rank candidates and inform the media about their support for or opposition to potential nominees.
In order to enact a policy, it first needs to make it onto the government’s agenda. Agenda setting has two subphases, which consist of ____________________ and _________________________.
a. identifying the players/planning the strategy b. enactment/implementation c. identifying the problem/specifying the alternatives d. raising awareness/taking action
The death penalty in all its forms constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," according to the U.S. Supreme Court
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.