Roger Cobb and Charles Elder distinguished between the systemic and institutional agendas of government. Define each type of agenda.
What will be an ideal response?
The systemic agenda includes all issues that might be subject to action or that are already being acted on by government; issues that merit public attention and involving matters within the legitimate jurisdiction of government. An institutional agenda is composed of the issues on which the individuals in power within a particular institution actually are considering taking action.
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a. majority leader b. president pro tempore c. Senate chair d. Speaker
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A. postmodernist B. Marxist C. liberal D. constructivist
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A. investigative journalism B. agenda setting C. agenda deconstruction D. political structuring
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A. Campaign committees B. National committees C. Party caucuses D. Officials E. State central committees