Exam 2: Government Institutions and Policy Actors

Summarize the informal policy actors and the roles they play in policy making.

______ are nongovernmental participants in the policy-making process and include members of the general public and interest groups.

Characterize the ways that organized interest groups influence policy. What trends are occurring relative to interest groups and their impact on U.S. policy?

In the past, the policy-making relationship between states and the federal government was called ______, since there was clear separation of policy responsibility between the two levels.

Discuss the role of each branch of government in policy making.

The United States relies heavily on ______ policy making, which falls somewhere between gridlock and innovation.

The trend of decentralization of government in the United States transfers policy authority from ______ to ______.

The founders of the United States established a government structure with numerous checks and balances due to which of the following motives?

In U.S. clean air and water programs, the federal government establishes quality standards and provides funds, while the states are responsible for implementation. This is an example of ______ federalism.