Exam 20: The Policy-Making Process and Policy Instruments

When the prime minister and Cabinet decide which of the proposals they have previously selected for consideration are worthy of adoption, they are engaged in policy formation.

The federal and provincial governments have started to move beyond the neo-conservative era of the last 15-20 years.

Which group is typically NOT involved in the initiation stage of the policymaking process?

What type of management best describes coordination among the many federal government departments?

Which of the following best describes the policymaking process in Canada?

Since the mid-1980s, governments have increasingly been engaged in nationalization.

Deliberate inaction on the part of the government on an issue can be categorized as a symbolic response.

What are stakeholders and what is their role in determining public policy?

Explain the advantages and disadvantages for citizens of governments' use of tax expenditures.

Which political party imposed a carbon tax on heavily polluting companies as part of their Green Shift initiation?

Which of the following is NOT considered a policy instrument?

The principal players involved in any policy community are sometimes called stakeholders.

The government loses revenue because of tax credits and tax exemptions as in the example of RRSPs.

Air Canada used to be a Crown corporation that has since been privatized.

What are minimum wage laws, highway speed limits, building codes, rent controls, and bilingual labelling examples of?

What term describes a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a given problem or interrelated set of problems?

Explain the six phases of the policymaking process.

Taxation has the effect of constraining behaviour in actually taking something tangible away from the individuals and corporations on whom it is imposed.

The state-centred approach assumes that whatever the formal phases of the policymaking process, the political system ultimately responds to the demands of the corporate elite.

Which economic theory suggests that the government should intervene with increased spending, even to the extent of borrowing, in order to transfer to individuals?