chapter 8

Question 1

Types of public policy (Theodore Lowi)

Answer 1

• Distributive policies –> serve a specific group n society; government investment in a road.
• Regulatory policies –> set general norms for certain types of activities; rules and regulations to prevent pollution.
• Redistributive policies –> transfer money from some groups to other groups; policies of progressive taxation.

Question 2

Negative integration

Answer 2

The abolition of trade barriers that are imposed by member states.
- Is called negative because it stipulates what member state governments cannot do.

Question 3

Positive integration (also known as harmonization or the approximation of laws)

Answer 3

is the adoption of EU laws to reduce the differences between member state laws in a given area

Question 4

Soft power

Answer 4

the ability to wield influence, not through the use of force or money, but through the
attractiveness and legitimacy of one’s values, cultures and policies.

Question 5

three types of regulatory policies

Answer 5

• regulation aimed at marked integration
• regulation aimed at mitigating the negative impacts of economic activities
• regulations not related to economic activities