In which stage of the public policy process is the emphasis on
the actual delivery of the valued good or service?
A) implementation
B) problem definition
C) evaluation
D) issue identification
Q. 2A feature that distributive policies and redistributive policies share
is that they both:
A) attempt to transfer values directly from one group to another group.
B) must be implemented by a strong central government.
C) are decisions by a governmental authority to allocate a value.
D) are more common in socialist governments than in communist governments.
Q. 3At its most basic level, Marx's characterization of society is that it is divided between the capitalist class and the:
A) government.
B) elite class.
C) proletariat class.
D) bureaucracy.
Q. 4The term class used in the class approach denotes
groups of individuals:
A) with a similar level of political sophistication.
B) who are similar in their possession of some fundamental value.
C) who have common life experiences.
D) with similar political views.
Q. 5The most important shared concept between the elite approach and the class approach is acknowledgment of _________ throughout and between societies.
A) structured inequality
B) extensive competition
C) ignorant masses
D) polarization
Q. 6Political stratification refers to the segmentation of the _________
into separate groups that hold varying degrees of ________.
A) population; intellect
B) political elite; influence
C) population; power
D) government; authority
Q. 7From a pluralist standpoint, the case of the Mapuche engaging
the political system to win land rights from the Chilean government seems to reveal that:
A) inequality inevitably produces political conflict.
B) different groups can coordinate their resources to influence a policy decision.
C) the mass is politically apathetic.
D) most people resist change.
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