PLC2602 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 | Due 19 August 2024
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Politics and Public Policy (PLC2602)
Institución
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1
Please indicate whether this statement is true or false.
If public policy is the policy of government, it follows that public policy can be applied to even the
most undemocratic forms of government such as totalitarianism and authoritarianism.
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Section A - Multiple Choice Questions
1. If public policy is the policy of government, it follows that public policy can be applied to even
the most undemocratic forms of government such as totalitarianism and authoritarianism.
A) True
B) False
Public policy can be applied to various forms of government, including undemocratic ones such as
totalitarianism and authoritarianism. Public policy refers to the actions and decisions taken by a
government to address public issues and needs, regardless of the type of government in place.
Therefore, it is not limited to democratic forms of government.
2. Which of the following are sources of public policy?
A) Official discussion documents, green papers and white papers
B) The national budget
C) Policy statements, speeches and articles
D) Election manifesto of a political party
E) All of the above
(Study Guide - Page 16-31)
3. The third stage in the policy-making process is the formulation and decision-making stage.
Policy decision-making is important because, as Anderson argues, policy decision involves action
by some official person or body to approve, modify, or reject a preferred policy alternative. In
most democratic dispensations, the legislature is responsible for final policy-decision-making.
When a 50% + 1 majority of the legislature’s total membership is required to pass the legislation,
what do we call this type of majority?
A) Relative majority
B) Loaded majority
C) Special majority
D) Absolute majority
E) Effective majority
(Study Guide - Page 55)
4. Dye argues that direct or tangible impact of policy can be judged by several means, including
output measuring. The data generated by government departments about a policy programme
are typically an indication of policy outputs and not impact. But in that case, this would mean
that policy output data are the most important instrument for policy evaluation in most cases.
A) True
B) False
(Study Guide - Page 65)
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