Exam 2

Question 1

3 questions to recognize problem

Answer 1

Is it a problem, can something be done about it, should the government try to solve it?

Question 2

How Issues Get On the Agenda

Answer 2

political events, swing in national mood, interest groups, origins of ideas, combination of factors

Question 3

3 mechanisms through which problems become recognized

Answer 3

focusing events, social indicators, policy feedback

Question 4

focusing event

Answer 4

highly visible event that plays important role in getting problems recognized (9/11)

Question 5

statistical (social) indicators

Answer 5

numbers, patterns, etc. (unemployment rate)

Question 6

policy feedback

Answer 6

once in place, existing policies may create new issues that did not exist before the policy existed (it’s a loop)

Question 7

Focal Power

Answer 7

the degree of attention an event has, some events are more compelling

Question 8

6 indicators of focal power

Answer 8

• suddenness
• rarity
• unpredictability
• harmful to large number of people
• known to public and policy makers simultaneously
• salient

Question 9

Policy Entrepreneur

Answer 9

A person dedicated to moving an issue or proposal on to the agenda and to adoption and willing to invest resources like time, reputation, energy, and money to promoting a policy proposal

Question 10

6 major skills of policy entrepreneur

Answer 10

o Creation/Application/Dissemination of Policy Solutions & Tools
o advocacy
o team building
o coalition building
o leadership by example
o persistence

Question 11

policy paradox

Answer 11

a policy that is 2 opposing things at once (how it is framed)

Question 12

example of policy paradox

Answer 12

welfare (money for people in need and money to lazy people)

Question 13

framing

Answer 13

saying what a problem or policy is “about”

Question 14

most successful framing

Answer 14

legal, scientific, or religious authority