Exam 4: Policy Analysis

Discuss the five major steps involved in the policy analysis process. What types of questions are asked in each step? Provide an example for each step.

Which statement lists the most common use of policy analysis?

In order to choose which policy options (such as sanctions or public education) are better than others to reduce cell phone use, policy analysts might use the criterion of liberty. What question would they ask related to liberty?

Policy analysis that puts a priority on citizen involvement and alignment with public opinion emphasizes ______.

In order to choose which policy options (such as sanctions or public education) are better than others to reduce cell phone use, policy analysts might use the criterion of efficiency. What question would they ask related to efficiency?

Policy analysis is part science and part ______.

The ______ approach to policy analysis defines a problem, indicates the goals and objectives to be sought, considers a range of alternative solutions, evaluates each of the alternatives to clarify their consequences, and then recommends or chooses the alternative with the greatest potential for solving the problem.

Practical policy analysis is also sometimes referred to as "______."

In the policy analysis process, after policy alternatives are developed, policy analysts then should develop the ______ upon which policies are assessed.

Being committed to specific policy values and goals as well as ideological and partisan agendas is known as the ______ approach to policy analysis.

The Center for American Progress and the Heritage Foundation often use ______ to promote a preferred policy.

______ approaches to policy making use rigorous methods but are committed to specific policy values and goals.

Policy analysis draws from the ideas and methods of which of the following disciplines?

Explain the difference between consensual and contentious policy analysis.

A systematic and organized way to evaluate problems, policy alternatives, or the effectiveness of government programs is referred to as _____.

Researchers and academics conduct research to develop a rigorous and in-depth understanding of public problems and policy alternatives. This approach to policy analysis is ______.

The American Enterprise Institute was founded in ______.

To reduce drivers' cell phone use, should state governments institute sanctions such as tickets or fines? Or should they try to educate drivers on cell phone use? These are examples of which part of the policy analysis process?

___ are defined as the immediate causes of a given social problem.

Policy alternatives relating to the use of cell phones while driving are discussed in the first part of Chapter 4. Several agencies of the federal government have recommended which of the following policy actions?