Exam 1: Public Policy and Politics

______ refers to what a policy or policy proposal costs in relation to its expected benefits to society.

Which of the following terms refer to deliberate critical thinking about the causes of public problems and which policy choices make the most sense to address them?

Which of the following terms refers to the relationship between the national government and the state and local governments?

What are the authorized means for pursuing goals?

About ______% of states allow citizen-generated initiatives.

Provide an example of a pure public good.

What are the roles of interest groups?

Which of the following is an example of a policy outcome?

What is a representative democracy?

When do monopolies or oligopolies exist?

Which of the following criteria for analyzing public policies examines how government officials appraise the acceptability of a particular alternative or solution?

The "tragedy of the commons" refers to the situation in which individuals attempt to maximize their use of ______ without regard to their degradation or depletion.

How are criteria used to evaluate public policy? Discuss the criteria that policy analysts use to evaluate an existing or proposed policy and the focus of each criterion.

One type of market failure occurs when markets cannot provide for the public good. Explain the two criteria that determine whether a good is private or public.

______ has been defined as "who gets what, when, and how" or the exercise of power in making decisions of public policy.

The aging of the Baby Boom generation has led to growing interest in reform of government programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Similarly, immigration policy is in the spotlight because of the influx of immigrants to the United States. These are examples of the ______ context influencing policy.

The ideology of individual members of Congress is an example of the ______ context that affects the development of public policy.

A recession is likely to affect the policies that Congress and the president adopt to stimulate jobs. This is an example of which context affecting the development of public policy?

Which policy criterion refers to the assessment of how well a policy works relative to the cost of adopting that policy?

What are common pool resources?