Exam 14: Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance

The difference between a developmental state and a coordinated market economy (CME) lies in the fact that in a CME the coordination of economic activity is primarily left to market forces.

For Weber, efficiency was one of the main strengths of modern bureaucratic organization.

The term 'iron triangles' refers to which meaning? Please select all that apply.

____ _______ consists of a large number of issue-skilled 'policy activists' drawn from conventional interest groups and sections of the government, together with academia and certain professions but also comprising expert individuals regardless of formal training. Participants are constantly changing, and their degree of mutual commitment and interdependence varies, although any direct material interest is often secondary to emotional or intellectual commitment.

A 'network state' will consist entirely of loose networks of officials and non-governmental actors.

The term Rechtsstaat means a right-wing regime.

In democracies, the civil service consists only of professional, impartial officials who seek to implement the policy priorities of whichever party is in power.

The increased use of agencies strengthens whose power and weakens whose?

What does 'embedded autonomy' mean?

In the US administration what is the nickname for the list of posts to be filled by political appointees?

A major problem in African public administration derives from corruption.

The following are key features of 'good governance' identified by UNESCAP: rule of law; equity and inclusiveness; consensus-orientation; participation; responsiveness; ________; effectiveness and efficiency; accountability. Which is the missing feature?

The main features of New Public Management are: quality and performance oriented approach; separation of institutions responsible for the demand and the supply of public services; emphasis on improved public service delivery; preference for markets and market-type regulation in seeking to determine how needs are met; ______-oriented approach to government; use of new contractual relations to improve quality.

What does the letter 'O' stand for in SOP? _______________

Which of the following is part of the 'agencification' in the UK?