Deck 10: Understanding and Improving Public Policy

Question 1

The course of action adopted and pursued by government is referred to as

A) political analysis
B) public policy
C) policy implementation
D) programming

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The study of how government policies are created, implemented, and improved is

A) political analysis
B) forecasting
C) public policy analysis
D) rationalism

Answer 2

C

Question 3

__________________ is most closely associated with the writings of Charles Lindblom, who originally coined the phrase.

A) Disjointed incrementalism
B) Rationalism
C) Strategic planning
D) Hidden clusters

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The ___________________ model focuses on the organizational chart of government.

A) elite/mass
B) group
C) systems
D) institutionalist

Question 5

A ________________ policy both provides benefits to and imposes costs upon particular groups.

A) redistributive
B) distribute
C) regulative
D) constituent

Question 6

Approximately __________ percent of state officials identify strategic planning as worth the time and expense it entails.

A) 10
B) 45
C) 70
D) 90

Question 7

According to Yahezkel Dror, ____________________ deals with the creation of public policies that assure better public policies.

A) metapolicy
B) micropolicy
C) macropolicy
D) ethical policy

Question 8

Jointly consumed good and services that are available to everyone are labeled

A) private goods and services
B) toll goods and services
C) public goods and services
D) common-pool goods and services

Question 9

Which of the following is a rationalist critique of the incrementalist paradigm?

A) incrementalists ignore the obvious
B) incrementalists forget that people are not powerless
C) incrementalists do not understand that policymaking is multidimensional
D) incrementalists fail to recognize the costs associated with policymaking

Question 10

Which of the following is an incrementalist critique of the rationalist paradigm?

A) rationalists bargain and compromise
B) rationalists do not read plans
C) rationalists lack imagination
D) rationalists muddle through

Question 11

Governmental agenda are developed and formed in the ______________ stream.

A) problems
B) policy
C) progress
D) political

Question 12

Which of the following is not a critical component of strategic planning?

A) actions
B) outcomes
C) goals
D) status quo

Question 13

The rationalist paradigm of public policymaking and implementation is generally attributed to and associated with political scientists.

Question 14

Redistributive policies are highly ideological, with low partisan visibility.

Question 15

A trade-off occurs when one public policy affects another policy area or sphere of government.

Question 16

Rationalists want to understand public policy and incrementalists want to improve it.

Question 17

Technology assessment attempts to gauge the social, institutional, and political effects of public policies.

Question 18

What are the major models of the incrementalist paradigm? Compare and contrast the features of each.

Question 19

What are the major models of the rationalist paradigm? Compare and contrast the features of each.

Question 20

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of both the rationalist paradigm and the incrementalist paradigm. How do these approaches compare to the strategic planning paradigm?

Question 21

What is strategic planning? What are its advantages and disadvantages when used in the public sector?

Question 22

Create a chart that shows the creation of a policy using the organized anarchy model. Discuss the role of the policy entrepreneur in policy development within this model.