PLC2602 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 (206210) - DUE 11 March 2024

PLC2602 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 (206210) - DUE 11 March 2024 ............ 100 % TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions. For assistance call or W.h.a.t.s.a.p.p us on +/ 2/ 5/ 4 /7 /7 /9 /5 /4 /0 /1 /3 /2 . Assignment 01 Semester One All information about when and where to submit your assessment is contained in this Tutorial letter 102 and will be made available to you via the myModules site for your module. Unique Number Due Date March All Enquiries may be submitted to: Lecturer: Prof AM Court E-mail: This assignment is compulsory and has to be submitted BEFORE THE FINAL DUE DATE for you to obtain admission to the examination. This assignment has two parts: Section A Multiple Choice Questions, and Section B Short Discussion Question. SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 What is the lower house of the South African Parliament called? Please select the correct option. a. The Senate b. The National Council of Provinces c. The House of Representatives d. The Houses of Parliament e. The National Assembly PLC2602/102/3/2024 8 QUESTION 2 Please indicate if the following statement is true or false. Policy can be defined as a statement in which goals are set whereas public policy constitutes all of those policies, which are determined in the public sector. Since public policies are made in the public sector and not in the private sector, this distinction is analogous to the distinction between state and civil society. a. True b. False QUESTION 3 Who argues that public policy may either be negative or positive in form, which means that public policy may involve overt government action to do something (positive) or it may involve government’s decision not to do something (negative)? Please select the correct option. a. David Easton b. Max Weber c. Harold D Laswell d. James E Anderson e. Carl Friedrich QUESTION 4 According to Anderson, which stage of the policy-making process is associated with the assessment and appraisal of policy, which can occur throughout the policy-making process? Please select the correct option. a. Policy legitimisation and formalisation b. Policy formulation c. Agenda setting d. Identification of policy-relevant problems e. Policy evaluation QUESTION 5 Please indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Bureaucratic discretion is a dimension of policy implementation because the bureaucracy always has the right to decide what procedures it is expected to follow. a. True b. False PLC2602/102/3/2024 9 QUESTION 6 Please read the following statement and answer the question. The policy-making process can either be viewed as a cyclical process (i.e. it repeats itself in cycles) or as linear (i.e. all developments are milestones on a straight line with a beginning and an end, and therefore each event is new and unique). In the stage called identification of policyrelevant problems, both public opinion and elite opinion can play an important role in determining which needs will be addressed by policy. Yet there is some disagreement amongst scholars about the role that public opinion plays in the identification of policy-relevant problems. Dye argues that public policy shapes public opinion more often than public opinion shapes public policy. Dye provides several reasons for arguing this. Which one of the following reasons does Dye give for his opinion? Please select the correct option. a. The opinion of leaders is far more likely to be influenced by public opinion than by elite opinion. b. Because public opinion tends to be flexible and can therefore change over a relatively short period of time, leaders are more inclined to be influenced by elite opinion, which is more stable than public opinion. c. Leaders have a clear understanding of public opinion because most messages or signals are from the elites, who have a clear perception of public opinion. d. None of the above options are correct. QUESTION 7 Please select the sequence of words that correctly completes the following statement. Legislation is the (i) ….. of a particular aspect of government’s policy in order to grant it (ii) ….. so that it can be (iii) ...... . a. (i) enforcement (ii) authority (iii) enacted b. (i) formulation (ii) legitimacy (iii) enforced c. (i) enactment (ii) authority (iii) enforced d. (i) formulation (ii) legitimacy (iii) implemented PLC2602/102/3/2024