Exam 1: Public Policy and Politics

The United States saw an increase in environmental legislation in the 1970s due in part to pressure from environmental groups.This represents what type of rationale for government intervention?

The American system of governance adheres to the principle of ______.

A(n) ______ occurs when the public has incomplete information in order to make a decision or the decision is too complex and difficult for the average citizen to know how best to proceed.

All of the following are examples of policy outputs except?

About ______ % of states allow citizen-generated initiatives.

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, an interagency partnership, was created in _____.

When the Environmental Protection Agency adopts regulations that force power plants to take into consideration the actual costs to deal with pollution and the health problems it causes, what type of market failure is the EPA addressing?

National defense and public parks are examples of ______, which the private sector has no incentive to provide, are jointly consumed, and cannot exclude some people from benefiting.

The main reason that government gets involved in addressing a public problem is to ______.

Public policy is best defined as

The ______is a regulatory agency responsible for ensuring public safety for a wide range of consumer products.

Describe the various ways that citizens can have an impact on the policy-making process.

Critical thinking about public problems and governmental actions to address them is the activity of ______.

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.

______ is a policy analysis criterion that evaluates whether elected officials are likely to find a proposed policy acceptable or not.

Policy making does not occur in a vacuum.Explain and provide an example of each of the various contexts that surround policy making and how that context can influence the policies that are enacted.

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

The popularity or relative power of a political party, pressure exerted by interest groups, and the influence of third parties (such as the Tea Party) are examples of the ______, affecting how decisions are made by government.

Examine the four kinds of market failures that lead to government involvement in public policy.For each type of market failure, discuss the following: (a) the nature of the failure, that is, what it looks like and how it occurs; (b) an illustrative example; and (c) the way in which government may address the failure.

Government officials propose public policies in response to ______ or conditions that the public widely perceives to be unacceptable.