Exam 16: Public Policy and Public Administration

Public choice theory is based on the assumption that individuals always pursue their own self-interest.

Max Weber was concerned with powerful bureaucratic organizations controlled by senior officials that would dominate the governments.

Income inequality has grown in Canada and the United States to the point that in 2012 the average CEO of the largest US corporations received earnings that were _______ times the earnings of an average employee.

Explain the role of a deputy minister.

In Canada, the fight for free, public medical care insurance was led by ________.

According to neo-Marxist theory, ________.

What action did the US government take following the financial crisis of 2008?

Bureaucratic organization is often viewed as fast moving, flexible, and highly efficient.

Germany has been able to largely replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources for electricity generation.

Keynesianism involves government ____________.

What term describes the use of new methods to administer government programs that might include either contracting out government activities to private business or establishing partnerships with businesses or voluntary organizations?

In New Zealand, administrative costs increased and coordination of public services became more difficult after the adoption of new public management.

The use of affirmative action policies to create a civil service that includes a proportionate number of women and disadvantaged minority groups is described as a(n) _________.

Which of the following statements about income inequality in recent decades is NOT correct?

What are four general theories for the analysis of public perspective?

What are the main criticisms of government bureaucracy?

What theorist argued for a social contract in which people agreed to establish government with the purpose of protecting life, liberty, and property?

Who developed the idea that government could smooth out the ups and downs of the free-market economy?

The US government granted BP a license to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico without the environmental assessment required under the National Environmental Policy Act by issuing a _________.

Brazil established a basic income for all citizens on the condition that they send children to school and have them vaccinated.