public policy

Question 1

Nature of Public Policy

Answer 1

• Guide or norm for action

• Rationale for state intervention into
private actions

• Coercive –
• Distributive
• Systematic –
• Legitimate
• Universal

Question 2

extend to all people in the

society

Answer 2

Universal

Question 3

legal obligations that

command citizens loyalty

Answer 3

Legitimate –

Question 4

– exercise of political

authority over public affairs

Answer 4

Systematic

Question 5

allocate goods/services,

enforce authority

Answer 5

Distributive –

Question 6

government capacity to

enforce authority

Answer 6

Coercive

Question 7

direct, regulate

Answer 7

Rationale for state intervention into

private actions –

Question 8

– goal to be

accomplished

Answer 8

Guide or norm for action

Question 9

Combination of basic
decisions, commitments, and actions made by
those who hold or affect government positions

Answer 9

PUBLIC POLICYMAKING

Question 10

Established the procedures and
norms by which public policy is made at all levels of
government. THE ARCHITECTURE OF PUBLIC
POLICYMAKING.

Answer 10

CONSTITUTION

Question 11

System of
shared power among 3 independent, coequal
branches of government

Answer 11

SEPARATION OF POWER

Question 12

Restricts the

accumulation of power in one branch

Answer 12

CHECKS AND BALANCES –

Question 13

Power of a court to
determine the constitutionality of
legislative act

Answer 13

JUDICIAL REVIEW

Question 14

Written
declaration of individual rights such as
equality, due process, freedom

Answer 14

CHARTERED RIGHTS

Question 15

Formulate most
sweeping policies; reflects the situation
and judgement of both the legislative and
executive branches, subject to judicial
review and to the influence of public
opinion and pressure groups

Answer 15

NATIONAL LEVEL

Question 16

Town government
decisions most directly affect our daily
lives; Local issues serve as the entry
levels for participation in the public
policymaking process

Answer 16

LOCAL LEVEl

Question 17

Constitutional authority to act
• Don’t depend on their government units
for authorization
• Less need to be responsive to
administrative agencies

Answer 17

PRIMARY

Question 18

• Must gain authority to act
• Dependent or controlled by primary
policy makers
• Responsive to congressional interests and
requests

Answer 18

SUPPLEMENTAL

Question 19

Central tasks of
lawmaking and policy formation.
Specialization provide opportunity to
influence policy. Shaped policy through
enactment of legislations.

Answer 19

• LEGISLATORS -

Question 20

• Interest in policy initiation
  than administration. Staff agencies assist
  in policy development. Granted policy
  powers by Congress – foreign policy.

Answer 20

EXECUTIVE

Question 21

Major source of
proposals for legislation. Lobby and seek
pressure for its adoption. Can make or
break a policy.

Answer 21

AD MINISTRATIVES -

Question 22

Affect nature and content of
public policy. Determine constitutionality
of public policy. Interpret and decide
meaning of statutory provisions.

Answer 22

COURTS -

Question 23

• Can influence the
  public policymakers even does not have direct
  position in the government

Answer 23

UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPANTS

Question 24

- “Think
tanks” or policy centers. Add substance to
policy debates. Role in policy-analysis
activities and policy advocacy. Produce
policy studies and evaluations

Answer 24

RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

Question 25

Suppliers
and transmitters of information. Shapers
of attitudes. Influence officials to convert
ideas into public polic

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COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA -

Question 26

Participation if
slight – many don’t vote, engage in party
activities, join groups. Have a right to be
heard and officials’ duty to listen.
Interests and desires are consequential
for public policies.

Answer 26

INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS - `

Question 27

Perform an
interest “articulation function”. Express
demands and present alternatives for
policy action. Supply information on
nature and consequences of public policy.
Contribute to rationality of decision.

Answer 27

INTERESTS GROUPS -

Question 28

Performs a
function of “interest aggregation”.
Convert specific demands into general
policy alternatives. Brokers rather than
advocates of interests

Answer 28

POLITICAL PARTIES -

Question 29

way of unofficial policymakers to seek
influence official policymakers on a particular
issue

Answer 29

LOBBY –