One of the key factors influencing domestic policy in the developing world is
A. the availability (or lack of availability) of financial resources to fund initiatives.
B. voting turnout in recent elections.
C. whether political socialization produces an active and productive political elite.
D. the nation's colonial heritage.
Q. 2The preference of the economic private sector is that the government
A. do its best to create equitable and sustainable public policy.
B. should act decisively, as long as it knows what it wants to do.
C. should use a referendum to decide what policy to enact.
D. should stay out of the policy business and the let marketplace determine what happens.
Q. 3In the context of the global marketplace, which is the most powerful actor in recent years?
A. natural resource managing corporations
B. multinational corporations
C. social welfare agencies
D. faith-based organizations
Q. 4Sometimes government appears to be incapable of quick action to solve social problems. Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, who was the most effective in bringing drinking water to the public?
A. the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
B. the Salvation Army
C. F.E.M.A., the Federal Emergency Management Agency
D. Walmart
Q. 5Social domestic policy is sometimes referred to by critics as welfare policy because many conservatives believe that
A. government cannot provide public policy in these areas.
B. government can provide welfare, but cannot create policy in other public areas.
C. government providing many social benefits is just like putting everyone on welfare.
D. the private sector is better positioned to create a welfare state.
Q. 6The liberal position in the public policy debate, supporting government intervention or regulation, is that
A. the private sector will do as good a job as the government in making good policy.
B. the private sector is incapable of making decisions related to public policy.
C. left to it own devices, the free market will not always decide for the public good if it
conflicts with corporate profits.
D. government should put the private sector out of business.
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