public policy and adminstration

Question 1

characterization of pub pol problem

Answer 1

symptoms and causes

Question 2

characterization of pub administration problem

Answer 2

link between an orgs policies (formal and informal) and the subpar performance of orgs

Question 3

stakeholders in pubpol problem

Answer 3

broad, everyone the issue impacts

Question 4

stakeholders in pubadmistration problem

Answer 4

Narrow, limited to those
affected and those in the
organization

Question 5

jurisdiction of pubpol problem

Answer 5

broad as the problem’s cause can stem within multiple levels/branches of government

Question 6

jurisdiction of pubadmistration problem

Answer 6

Narrow; an organizational
hierarchy reveals who is “in
charge” and accountable.

Question 7

when does public care about pubpol problems

Answer 7

When they see the symptoms
of the problem and perceive a
problem is getting worse

Question 8

when does public care about pubadminstation problems

Answer 8

When they see or experience
an organization’s subpar
performance

Question 9

election policy qualities:

Answer 9

on a - State and Federal level
- should ideally Increase access or
decrease discrimination, though not always the case
- foster innovation (mail in ballots, electronic voting, making the election process easier)

Question 10

election adminstation qualities:

Answer 10

on a - Local level
- Creation and print of ballots,
voting stations, count
ballots
* “Mechanics of election
operation” (muscles behind operation)

Question 11

election adminstation is:

Answer 11

a bureaucracy

Question 12

barriers to voting include:

Answer 12

• Poll taxes
• Literacy tests (AFAM)
• Voter intimidation (violence-esque)
• Geographic barriers
• Violence
• Misinformation
• Intimidation
• Limited resources

Question 13

federalism worked to combat this by:

Answer 13

election policies made to circumvent the impacts of discriminatory election adminstation:
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Voting Rights Act of 1965
National Voter Registration Act of
1993
Help America Vote Act of 2002
HR 1 – For the People Act

Question 14

election adminstators: and what they are an example of…

Answer 14

Vendors (manage voter info, electronic ballots, mall-in ballots, ballots in general)
Advocacy (help people register to vote)
Nonprofit Groups (same as advocacy?)
COLLABORATION

Question 15

orgin of gerrymandering and what it is:

Answer 15

Political boundaries were
redrawn in Massachusetts
in 1812 to benefit the
governor at the time,
Elbridge Gerry

Gerrymandering = rewriting political boundaries to serve a subset of the population.

Question 16

expansive laws vs non-expansive laws

Answer 16

when states allow for more or less people to have access to a vote.