Exam 13: Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice

The policy-making approach defined as a series of small policy actions that lead to modest and relatively slow policymaking is referred to as ______.

As budget pressures and scarce funding become dominant issues at all levels of government, use of which evaluative criterion has increased?

Which issues and personal freedoms are addressed less frequently?

Which criterion is most often emphasized due to economic and fiscal concerns?

Which of the following evaluative criteria are emphasized in all of the following policy debates: income gap, urban K-12 education, cost of higher education, taxation of wealthy, Social Security benefits, access to health care, and climate change?

The Government Performance and Results Act was passed in ______.

Which states were identified as having tried to make registration and voting easier?

Why does the policymaking process never end?

Why might incremental decision-making be the most suitable way to make policy in the United States?

The world's population is expected to climb to some 9.9 billion by ______.

What are some limitations of incremental policymaking?

With regard to policies that address access to quality public education (at K-12 and higher levels), which of the following evaluative criterion is most important?

What did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 do?

How can policy analysis contribute to improving the policy capacity of government?

What is the dominant style of policymaking in the United States?

______ is probably the criterion most likely to receive attention in contemporary policy making.

Identify one of the downsides to technological developments.

______ is often difficult to evaluate because this criterion relies on assumptions and projections of the future that may or may not come to pass.

Discuss some ways the public can be involved in any stage of the policy-making process, including new and emerging ways. How might your input improve the process?

What does Wisconsin's Act 23 do?