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NRE Chapters Final Exam With Questions And Accurate Answers Cost Benefit Analysis - Answer Way of estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives that satisfy a business. Heuristic - Answer Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves. Bandwagon Effect - Answer Doing something because someone else is. Kingdon's Three Stream Model of Policy Making - Answer For an issue to get on the political agenda 3 things must be addressed: 1. A problem 2. A solution to the problem 3. The Political will to fix the problem Salience - Answer Extent to which the public cares about an issue. How noticeable something is. Policy Window - Answer Opportunity to make new policy Policy Entrepreneurs - Answer Public entrepreneurs who voice the opinions of the publiuc to government officals Primary Government Actors - Answer President- pass or veto bills Members of Congress- Formulate legislation Executive Branch Officials- Interpret and administer laws Judges- Review Public Policy - Answer A course of government action in response to social problems Which of the following best describes the conservationist form of environmentalism? - Answer Natural resources should be managed wisely, to ensure sustainable long-term supply. What Idea of technological optimism? - Answer The nature of the physical w orld permits continued improvement in humankind's economic lot in the long run, indefinitely. With which of the following statements about environmental policy debates would Layzer most likely agree? - Answer Arguments are seldom framed as a difference in values, and more often framed as a debate over science, economics, and risk. Which of the following best describes the availability heuristic? - Answer People tend to overestimate the risks associated with spectacular events and underestimate the risks associated with mundane or ordinary events. Which of the following best describes a function of policy entrepreneurs in promoting changes in environmental policy? - Answer They spread familiarity and build consensus for policy ideas while waiting for an opportunity for implementation. Policy Analysis - Answer Background Major actors Problem definitions Policy process Other issues EPA - Answer US Environmental Protection Agency What are key characteristics and challenges to the EPA? - Answer Lack of integration across environmental media, issues Science-focused, but some criticism of its quality Staffing and funding levels Dealing with scientific uncertainty in setting policy Multiple stakeholders Earth Day - Answer Holiday created by environmentalists to get the word out about CAA and CWA (1970) Senator Muskie - Answer Worked with president Nixon to create new policies in regards to CAA CWA Rachel Carson - Answer Author of Silent SpringThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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