PSCI 210 Exam Questions Solved with 100% Correct answers
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The Great Society - Answer 1960s; President Lyndon B. Johnson;
-Set of domestic programs proposed by Johnson,
- creation of spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban
problems, and transportation
focus on an increase in gov't and an increase in services (medicare + medicaid...
PSCI 210 Exam Questions Solved with 100%
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The Great Society - Answer 1960s; President Lyndon B. Johnson;
-Set of domestic programs proposed by Johnson,
- creation of spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban
problems, and transportation
focus on an increase in gov't and an increase in services (medicare + medicaid)
Regan's Revolution - Answer 1980s -
ideology of not wanting to go to the government for everything
roll back power of federal gov't due to "inefficiency" (did not work)
Rulemaking - Answer The process undertaken by an administrative agency when
formally adopting a new regulation or amending an old one. Rulemaking involves
notifying the public of a proposed rule or change and receiving and considering the
public's comments.
inner circle cabinets - Answer oldest cabinet agencies in U.S. gov't
considered to be maintenance of the functioning of the nation
(ex: secretary of defense, treasury of state)
closest to the president (the president takes more care in appointment)
tend not to be captured by outside interests and clients
outer circle agencies - Answer the younger the agency the farther away from the
president the secretary sits
, clientele agencies - Answer a department or bureau of government whose mission is to
promote, serve, or represent a particular interest
ex: department of Ag. (clients is the ag. industry)
dept. of veterans affairs
dept. of education
hard to direct them collectively when they all don't agree
iron triangles - Answer tend to dictate the clientele agencies
does not provide good oversight due to how tight these sides get to each other
ex: deep water horizon crisis
Principle Agent Theory - Answer problem that happens anytime we delegate power to
somebody
they are responsible for to do something at the behest of a principle (principle balances
level of independency of the agent)
incredibly easy with a 1:1 ratio -> becomes incredibly harder when the numbers become
skewed one way over another (aka our gov't)
details how policymakers (principles) control the actors who work for them (agents) but
the agents have far more information
bureaucratic shift - Answer Bureaucrats' tendency to implement policies in a way that
favors their own political objectives rather than following the original intentions of the
legislation.
happens when we divide control
usually occurs when 2 principles are fighting and there is no watch over the agents,
giving them free- reign to do whatever they like
National Performance Review Act - Answer 1993 - Clinton Administration
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