Deck 14: Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance

Question 1

For Weber, efficiency was one of the main strengths of modern bureaucratic organization.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In democracies, the civil service consists only of professional, impartial officials who seek to implement the policy priorities of whichever party is in power.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In the US administration what is the nickname for the list of posts to be filled by political appointees?

A) The Blue Book.
B) The Red Book.
C) The Plum Book.
D) The Black Book.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The term Rechtsstaat means a right-wing regime.

Question 5

What does 'embedded autonomy' mean?

A) Officials are insulated from pressures from groups in society.
B) Officials are isolated from pressures from groups in society.
C) Officials are free to carry on extra-marital relations if they wish.

Question 6

The difference between a developmental state and a coordinated market economy (CME) lies in the fact that in a CME the coordination of economic activity is primarily left to market forces.

Question 7

What does the letter 'O' stand for in SOP? _______________

Question 8

A major problem in African public administration derives from corruption.

Question 9

The main features of New Public Management are: quality and performance oriented approach; separation of institutions responsible for the demand and the supply of public services; emphasis on improved public service delivery; preference for markets and market-type regulation in seeking to determine how needs are met; ______-oriented approach to government; use of new contractual relations to improve quality.

Question 10

Which of the following is part of the 'agencification' in the UK?

A) The rise of the New Labour.
B) The abolishment of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
C) The establishment of the Child Support Agency.

Question 11

The increased use of agencies strengthens whose power and weakens whose?
b. Individual ministers = Weakens

Question 12

The following are key features of 'good governance' identified by UNESCAP: rule of law; equity and inclusiveness; consensus-orientation; participation; responsiveness; ________; effectiveness and efficiency; accountability. Which is the missing feature?

Question 13

The term 'iron triangles' refers to which meaning? Please select all that apply.

A) Groups that determine policy for the iron and steel industry.
B) Groups of experts in the archaeology of the Iron Age.
C) Groups of officials, ministers, and outside experts in a policy area.

Question 14

____ _______ consists of a large number of issue-skilled 'policy activists' drawn from conventional interest groups and sections of the government, together with academia and certain professions but also comprising expert individuals regardless of formal training. Participants are constantly changing, and their degree of mutual commitment and interdependence varies, although any direct material interest is often secondary to emotional or intellectual commitment.

Question 15

A 'network state' will consist entirely of loose networks of officials and non-governmental actors.