The intentional use of governmental power to achieve or support specific goals and objectives is defined as ______.
a. policy agenda
b. policy gridlock
c. public policy
d. public law
c. public policy
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The 1959 and 1960 surveys of 1,000 people in five countries conducted by Almond and Verba uncovered three political cultures. What were they?
a. a. participant, subject, and parochial b. b. participant, subject, and religious c. c. voter, subject, and parochial d. d. participant, subject, and secular
Courts regulate the regulators in each of the following ways EXCEPT ______.
a. by arbitrating appeals from agency rules and specific decisions b. by issuing orders requiring companies to comply with agency rules c. by offering free legal counsel to companies sued by government agencies d. in suits filed against agencies that require the issuance of implied statutes
Why do two of the basic principles of democracy, equality and individual liberty, sometimes conflict with each other? How do civil rights laws promote one of these principles while limiting the other? Provide some concrete examples
How would the Founders of the United States be likely to feel about these issues? What will be an ideal response?
In 2009, certain political appointees in Illinois tried to influence admissions decisions at the University of Illinois, a good example of the failure of
a. neutral competence. b. political patronage. c. the spoils system. d. street-level bureacrats.