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Public Policy Analysis is a comprehensive course that equips students with the tools and frameworks necessary to systematically evaluate public policies and programs. The course covers the fundamental concepts, methodologies, and stages of the policy analysis process, including problem definition, policy design, implementation, and evaluation. Students engage with both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess policy alternatives, analyze outcomes, and make evidence-based recommendations. Emphasis is placed on understanding the political, economic, and ethical challenges faced by policymakers in real-world contexts. By the end of the course, students develop critical thinking and analytical skills essential for effective policy formulation and advocacy in government, nonprofit, or private sector roles.
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Political Science An Introduction 14th Global Edition by Michael G. Roskin
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Chapter 1: Politics and Political Science
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Q1) Although political scientists must have some natural interest in their subjects,proper __________ is not biased.
A)legitimacy
B)discipline
C)scholarship
D)advocacy
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following would you expect to have the most direct influence on a country's political culture?
A)the size of its army
B)its universities' political science programs
C)its dominant religious beliefs
D)its weather conditions
Answer: C
Q3) Political scientists __________ data,as scientists do in the natural sciences.
A)balance
B)misrepresent
C)rationalize
D)quantify
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Political Ideologies
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Q1) Which of these was central to Lenin's vision of the Russian socialist party?
A)It had to be socially tolerant.
B)It had to be broadly popular.
C)It had to be theoretically open.
D)It had to be centrally organized.
Answer: D
Q2) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev would be considered a reformer.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Edmund Burke gave theoretical expression to the traditional conservative view.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Neoconservatives are opposed to __________.
A)nation-building
B)welfare spending
C)military intervention
D)unregulated markets
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: States
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Q1) The American Civil War was largely fought for reasons that involved __________.
A)sectionalism
B)partisanship
C)spiritualism
D)socialism
Answer: A
Q2) A country where crime has penetrated its politics would be considered a weak state.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) George Washington retired after two terms.No other president tried to serve longer,until __________.
A)Theodore Roosevelt
B)John Kennedy
C)Franklin Roosevelt
D)Woodrow Wilson
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Constitutions and Rights
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Q1) Which of these is a weakness of the Brazilian constitution?
A)It weighs aristocracy more heavily than democracy.
B)It does not give the government effective national security tools.
C)It confers too many rights for the government to realistically guarantee.
D)It creates an electoral system that is too difficult for most citizens to understand.
Q2) Which statement explains why the interpretation of the Second Amendment as an individual right to bear arms is controversial?
A)Most of the other rights in the Bill of Rights are collective rights.
B)The text of the amendment refers only to "well-regulated militias."
C)Guns were relatively new inventions at the time the amendment was written.
D)Several of the original thirteen states never ratified by the Second Amendment.
Q3) The Universal Declaration on Human Rights includes the right of marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The use of judicial review is expressly outlined in the U.S.Constitution.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Regimes
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Q1) Postcolonial leaders,having picked up socialist views while students in Europe,contributed to the proliferation of authoritarian regimes in developing nations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini would both be considered examples of right-wing totalitarianism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement provides evidence for the usefulness of social media in a democratic system?
A)The U.S.press has been called "the fourth branch of government."
B)Internet voting would lead to a significant increase in voter turnout.
C)Bulletin boards were used by the organizers of the Tiananmen Square protests.
D)Text messaging,Twitter,Facebook,and television media helped catalyze the "Arab Spring."
Q4) Totalitarian governments can usually only be ousted if the entire regime collapses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Political Culture
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Q1) A country's political culture tends to be __________.
A)homogenous
B)multifaceted
C)permanent
D)easily quantifiable
Q2) Because they can be voted out of office if the people are galvanized,politicians usually work to keep the public __________.
A)passionately interested
B)passive and quiet
C)voting and well-informed
D)weak but well-educated
Q3) In order to create a mainstream culture in which most Americans feel at home,the United States has relied largely on __________ and its education system.
A)racial segregation
B)religious integration
C)overt political socialization
D)voluntary integration
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Chapter 7: Public Opinion
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Q1) Which of the following is a reason that the telephone survey is the most common polling method in the United States?
A)Americans tend to use their phones more than email.
B)Most Americans prefer telephone polls over online polls.
C)Other forms of polling are impractical or prohibitively expensive.
D)Recent laws on robo-calling make telephone polls less difficult to conduct.
Q2) The government bank bailouts in response to the 2008 financial crisis illustrate the gap between elites and mass public opinion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement explains why a retired person who refers to herself as conservative expresses strong support for social welfare programs such as Social Security,Medicare,and federal aid for prescription drugs?
A)Federal entitlement programs are conservative in nature.
B)Most people hold consistent opinions about public policy issue.
C)Conservative ideology sees public health care and pensions as a natural right.
D)A person's self-identification is not always consistent with his or her views on specific issues.
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Chapter 8: Political Communication
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Q1) What is one way in which television influenced the 1960s civil-rights movement that print and radio did not?
A)Television pundits advocated for non-violent resistance.
B)Television directly communicated commentators' opinions.
C)Television showed police attacking peaceful demonstrators.
D)Television allowed news anchors to editorialize about the events.
Q2) How has the content of local newspapers changed over the past few decades?
A)It has become less editorial.
B)It has become less biased and more objective in its reporting.
C)It has moved from politics and world affairs to more human-interest stories.
D)It has moved away from reliance on national news organizations like the Associated Press.
Q3) How is television viewership related to group participation?
A)Increased viewing leads to increased political involvement.
B)Decreased viewing is associated with a decline in perceived voter efficacy.
C)Increased viewing is associated with lower social trust and group membership.
D)Decreased viewing has no statistically significant effect on voter participation.
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Chapter 9: Interest Groups
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Q1) An interest group with structured access has __________ relationship with government.
A)an adversarial
B)a short-term
C)a co-dependent
D)a stable and beneficial
Q2) Which statement describes how France differs from the United States with respect to the interest group system?
A)French interest groups are publically accountable.
B)French interest groups only lobby the executive branch.
C)French interest groups operate in a more constrained atmosphere.
D)French interest groups are informally controlled by the government.
Q3) Interest groups in the United States work through the legislative and executive branches but not the judicial branch.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The success of an interest group generally depends on how controversial its cause is.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Parties
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Q1) Centralized parties tend to be more __________.
A)conservative
B)corrupt
C)disciplined
D)wealthy
Q2) Which statement explains why electoral propaganda can be considered beneficial for a democratic society?
A)It simplifies complex issues for voters.
B)It keeps less informed voters from going to the polls.
C)It reinforces nationalist sentiment and builds party strength.
D)It distracts citizens from partisan infighting during an election.
Q3) A flaw in personalistic parties is that they __________.
A)fail under close media scrutiny
B)have a hierarchy that is too static
C)rarely represent a coherent ideology
D)require voters to become highly familiar with candidates
Q4) In parliamentary systems,the majority party must resign when constituents submit a vote of no-confidence in the party.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Elections
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Q1) In the United States,the white vote is __________ than the black vote.
A)more divided
B)more predictable
C)more liberal
D)more respected
Q2) Many working-class people identify as middle class and therefore vote more conservatively than their class would otherwise indicate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Voter turnout in Sweden,Italy,and Germany has __________.
A)sometimes been as high as 65%
B)occasionally reached 80%
C)never dropped below 80%
D)dropped below turnout in the United States
Q4) The Supreme Court's 1972 "one person,one vote" ruling led to __________.
A)many states refusing to participate in the census
B)many states redistricting after every census
C)a decline in polarization
D)a decline in gerrymandering
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Chapter 12: Legislatures
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Q1) French philosopher Montesquieu would be most likely to favor which of these types of government?
A)a monarch operating within a decentralized feudal system
B)an absolutist state with total power in the hands of a single individual
C)a parliamentary system subject to the will of powerful courts in the judicial branch
D)a representative system with clear separation of powers between different branches
Q2) What is one difference between China's and Great Britain's parliamentary systems?
A)China's parliament is bicameral,whereas Britain's is unicameral.
B)Great Britain's parliament is unitary,whereas China's is Communist.
C)Great Britain's parliament is bicameral,whereas China's is unicameral.
D)China's parliament is three-chambered,whereas Britain's is bicameral.
Q3) Which of these does the most to educate citizens about important issues facing the United States?
A)media coverage of filibusters
B)televised Congressional hearings
C)committee mark-up of proposed bills
D)press conferences held by party leaders
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Chapter 13: Executives and Bureaucracies
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Q1) A minister in a parliamentary system is equivalent to a __________ in the United States.
A)premier
B)head of state
C)chief of government
D)departmental secretary
Q2) Which statement explains why efforts by Congress to restore the balance between the legislative and executive branches have mostly failed?
A)The federal judiciary tends to favor a high level of executive power.
B)Executive officials enjoy more discretionary power than members of Congress.
C)Partisan conflict prevents Congress from passing even the most basic of legislation.
D)The American public approves of presidents more highly than it approves of Congress.
Q3) Congress created the Department of Homeland Security in response to a threatened military invasion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Judiciaries
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Q1) Court structures in other Western democracies largely parallel the U.S.system,but tend to be less powerful regarding legislation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Suppose you wanted to argue that the Supreme Court should have the right to exercise the power of judicial review.Which of these statements would provide the support for this thesis?
A)The use of judicial review opens up the Constitution to multiple and potentially conflicting interpretations.
B)Trial courts cannot carry out their basic role in the legal system without the power of judicial review.
C)The U.S.Constitution does not explicitly state that federal courts cannot exercise the power of judicial review.
D)Without the power of judicial review,the Court would not be able to play much of a role in the system of checks and balances.
Q3) The Supreme Court has the final word on interpreting the U.S.Constitution.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Political Economy
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Q1) Which statement describes the role that derivatives trading played in the recent housing market bubble?
A)"Deriving" their value from real estate speculation,derivatives created a volatile value system.
B)Derivatives fluctuate widely in value,which led many investors to buy,only to lose large sums upon downward fluctuation.
C)Derivatives forced many banking institutions to sell or close,condensing the control of the finance industry into a few small hands.
D)Derivatives became so complex that no one could understand them,which masked losses and made assets extremely difficult to evaluate.
Q2) David Ricardo,Karl Marx,and John Stuart Mill all agreed that a socialist economy would be more fair and more efficient.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Medicaid runs deficits largely because of fraudulent charges.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Violence and Revolution
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Q1) Prior to 9/11,few thought of the prospect of civilian planes being used as missiles to bring down buildings.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ETA,PKK,PLO,and the Tamil Tigers represent __________.
A)groups seeking terrorism for hire
B)groups seeking a peaceful solution to ethnic conflict
C)groups seeking more meaningful representation in their governments
D)groups seeking their own states
Q3) Islamic terrorism is likely to persist for at least half a century,but no longer.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A lesson learned from the Vietnam War was that while the occupation or government is impatiently trying to substitute firepower for legitimacy,the insurgency is
A)planting tripwire bomb devices
B)patiently building a network to supplant the regime
C)trying to find the best possible leader for its cause
D)lobbying for international support
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Chapter 17: International Relations
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Q1) Which of these claims would constitute a micro theory to explain the persistence of war throughout history?
A)Preparation for war is really preparation for peace.
B)National interests are bound to clash with each other.
C)Aggressiveness is a fundamental part of human nature.
D)International institutions are not as powerful as nation-states.
Q2) Which of the following is evidence that bipolarity increases stability in the international system?
A)the importance of economics for ending the Cold War
B)the long period of peace among European powers during the nineteenth century
C)the ability of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization to promote globalization
D)the absence of major wars between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War period
Q3) Following 9/11,NATO forces worked to stabilize Afghanistan.
A)True
B)False
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