Introduction to Public Policy
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Introduction to Public Policy explores the fundamental principles and processes involved in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of policies within the public sector. Students will examine the role of government and other institutions in addressing social issues, the frameworks used for analyzing policy problems, and the stakeholders who influence decision-making. The course also covers key stages of the policy cycle, including agenda-setting, policy formulation, adoption, implementation, and assessment, as well as methods for conducting policy research and analysis. Through real-world case studies and current events, students will gain critical insights into how public policy shapes societies and impacts citizens at local, national, and global levels.
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American Politics Today Essentials 5th Edition by William T. Bianco
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Chapter 1: Understanding American Politics
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Q1) Structural rules require that
A)citizens vote in U.S.elections.
B)that the president must be born a U.S.citizen.
C)all federal regulations be approved by the Supreme Court.
D)citizens can only influence public policy through the electoral process.
Answer: B
Q2) Federalism refers to the division of power between Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Why is abortion a wedge issue in American politics?
Answer: Abortion rights have been a controversial subject ever since Roe v.Wade was decided in 1973.Public opinion surveys reveal that Americans have a wide array of opinions on the subject.Without a national consensus, a high level of conflict persists regarding this issue.This is not surprising as the issue reflects intense differences of opinion that are deeply rooted in the politics of self-interest, ideology, and personal beliefs.
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Chapter 2: The Constitution and the Founding
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Q1) While ________ powers are not held exclusively by any branch of government, ________ powers are those that one branch can exercise over the other.
A)negative; shared
B)shared; negative
C)shared; exclusive
D)exclusive; shared
Answer: B
Q2) How did the Articles of Confederation limit government?
A)The Articles of Confederation included an executive and judicial branch but no legislative branch.
B)The Articles of Confederation included a legislative and executive branch but no judicial branch.
C)The Articles of Confederation did not create a federal level of government.
D)Federal power was given to the legislative branch, where each state had one vote.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Federalism
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Q1) In federal systems, power is completely centralized at the federal or national level.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Why did the Seventeenth Amendment pass in the early twentieth century?
A)States' rights advocates wanted to reduce the power of state legislatures in favor of state governors.
B)The Progressives wanted to reduce the power of state legislatures.
C)The state governments became more involved in activities that were traditionally addressed at the national level.
D)The Progressives wanted to reduce the power of the president.
Answer: B
Q3) In 2015, the Supreme Court justices decided that a same-sex marriage performed in one state would have to be recognized in the other states as well.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
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Q1) The broad right to pursue abortion services, subject to specific state limitations, was guaranteed in
A)Miranda v.Arizona.
B)Gideon v.Wainwright.
C)Roe v.Wade.
D)Griswold v.Texas.
Q2) Which event prompted the harshest crackdowns on free speech since the Sedition Act of 1798?
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Civil War
D)War of 1812
Q3) The Supreme Court justices have ruled that the government can make laws about commercial speech when
A)someone brings the speech to their attention.
B)the Federal Communications Commission is unanimous in opposition.
C)that speech is misleading.
D)the speech airs on television.
Q4) What is the difference between strict and intermediate scrutiny?
Q5) What are the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001?
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Chapter 5: Civil Rights
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Q1) Which one of the following is true about Native Americans in the nineteenth century?
A)The "Five Civilized Tribes" were removed from their ancestral lands.
B)The U.S.government launched a policy of assimilation.
C)Native Americans were allowed to vote in federal and state elections.
D)U.S.government officials refused to sign treaties with Native-American tribes recognizing their sovereignty.
Q2) The landmark decision by the Supreme Court regarding affirmative action is
A)Brown v.Board of Education.
B)Dred Scott v.Sandford.
C)Plessy v.Ferguson.
D)Regents of the University of California v.Bakke.
Q3) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in the 1950s to help register voters in the South.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who is Lilly Ledbetter and what are her contributions in the area of civil rights?
Q5) What was the Stonewall rebellion and why was it important?
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Chapter 10: Congress
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Q1) Political parties make the legislative process more fractured and decentralized.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Differentiate between closed, open, and modified rules in the legislative process.
Q3) Which one of the following statements is accurate regarding congressional staff?
A)The size of personal and committee staff in Congress exploded in the 1970s and 1980s.
B)The size of personal and committee staff in Congress exploded in the early twenty-first century.
C)The size of personal and committee staff has been constant since World War II.
D)The size of personal and committee staff had declined a great deal since the Vietnam War.
Q4) Conference committees are typically staffed by
A)members of the U.S.House of Representatives only.
B)members of the U.S.Senate only.
C)by party leaders in both the U.S.House of Representatives and the U.S.Senate.
D)standing committee members that worked on the bill in question from both the U.S.House of Representatives and the U.S.Senate.
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Chapter 11: The Presidency
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Q1) Why did presidential power increase in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Q2) The Constitution establishes lawmaking as a shared power between the president and Congress.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In November 2013, President Obama granted quasi-legal status and work permits to nearly 1 million illegal immigrants who entered the country as children.This policy change
A)can be overturned by Congress.
B)cannot be overturned by Congress.
C)never went into effect because it was not first approved by Congress.
D)was later ruled an unconstitutional action by the Supreme Court.
Q4) Which one of the following is part of the president's legislative powers?
A)coining money
B)serving as party leader
C)starting the legislative process by proposing bills
D)vetoing legislation
Q5) What role do vice presidents play in American politics?
Q6) Assess the role of the first spouse in presidential administrations.
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Chapter 12: The Bureaucracy
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Q1) In most cases, bureaucrats have discretion in how they implement policies due to the lack of specific guidelines from Congress.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why is it that some tasks are handled by independent agencies even when they might conceivably fall under the scope of an executive department?
A)Members of Congress may create an independent agency because presidents have less control over them than executive agencies.
B)Members of Congress prefer independent agencies to executive departments because they have more control over the people who run them.
C)Independent agencies usually have more policy experts than executive departments.
D)Members of Congress do not recognize the potential policy overlap between the independent agency and the executive department until after they have established it.
Q3) What is the Senior Executive Service (SES)?
Q4) What are the implications of limiting bureaucratic discretion?
Q5) Explain how federal employees are limited in their political activities.
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Chapter 13: The Courts
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Q1) What is an example of a class-action lawsuit?
A)Bush v.Gore, which ruled on the Florida recount process in the 2000 presidential election
B)Chisholm v.Georgia, which ruled that a citizen of one state could sue another state in federal court
C)Citizens United v.Federal Election Commission, which ruled that corporations were entitled to use treasury funds for independent spending in campaigns
D)the 1.5 million current and former female Walmart employees who sued Walmart for sex discrimination
Q2) There are a total of ________ federal district courts today.
A)12
B)94
C)389
D)677
Q3) When a court is the first one to interpret the application of law from a lower court, it is said to have original jurisdiction.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Economic and Social Policy
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Q1) When there is too much money flowing and too few goods, it is likely to lead to A)tax cuts.
B)a rise in taxes.
C)an interest rate cut.
D)inflation.
Q2) What do most policy experts say about the future of the Social Security system?
A)The system's collection and allocation of funds will be the same.
B)The amount of funds coming into the system will increase, because the number of people working is increasing dramatically.
C)The amount of money coming into the system will decrease, because the number of people retiring is increasing dramatically.
D)It will cease to exist, because the Social Security Act of 1935 is scheduled to expire in 2050.
Q3) In intricate detail, compare and contrast Keynesian economics with supply-side economics.
Q4) Payroll taxes are regressive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why was the Fed created in 1913 and why is it so important in economic policy?
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Chapter 15: Foreign Policy
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Q1) Trace the evolution of foreign policy in U.S.history.
Q2) Foreign policy includes issues that concern human rights.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Foreign trade is a very small part of the American economy today.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security?
A)to provide cooperative services such as fingerprint identification and police training for local law enforcement
B)to order the deployment of military personnel when there is a terrorist threat to the homeland
C)to coordinate intelligence gathering, secure U.S.borders, and prevent terrorist attacks
D)to maintain peacekeeping efforts at home and abroad
Q5) What is the principal foreign policy department in the executive branch?
A)the Central Intelligence Agency
B)the Department of Defense
C)the Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)the Department of State
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