PUP 3002 Ch 1 FSU Exam Questions
and Answers
collective action dilemmas - ANSWER-micro-level incentives that prevent individuals
from organizing to advocate for benefits individually even though they may extract
those collectively
policy entrepreneurs - ANSWER-any individual who advocates, organizes or
attempts to define a policy problem or solution
dominant policy image - ANSWER-the image that most citizens think of when a
phrase or policy is mentioned
policy window - ANSWER-an opportunity in time where political and policy pressures
align momentarily to allow some set of policy problems and solutions to meet
policy demands - ANSWER-pressures placed upon elected leaders and
policymakers that change the costs of their inaction
credible action - ANSWER-promised or threatened action that the action's target
believes will be carried out with a high probability
agenda setting - ANSWER-the process by which formal institutional centers of power
will take up and potentially act on a policy solution
advocacy coalitions - ANSWER-policy subsystems that consist of a cariety of
interests, including actors within administrative agencies, legislative committees,
researchers, policy analysts etc.
factors that drive agenda setting - ANSWER-1. formal institutional actors
2. actors external to formal institutions
3. external shocks
technical complexity - ANSWER-level of knowledge that is required to understand a
policy area
policy salience - ANSWER-the number of citizens that are likely to be affected by the
policy in a significant way
cost-benefit analysis - ANSWER-identifying all of the costs of a proposed policy or
project, and all of its benefits, and calculating a ratio to determine whether benefits
exceed costs
policy evaluation - ANSWER-systematic investigation of the effects of a policy on its
intended social target, prior to action
and Answers
collective action dilemmas - ANSWER-micro-level incentives that prevent individuals
from organizing to advocate for benefits individually even though they may extract
those collectively
policy entrepreneurs - ANSWER-any individual who advocates, organizes or
attempts to define a policy problem or solution
dominant policy image - ANSWER-the image that most citizens think of when a
phrase or policy is mentioned
policy window - ANSWER-an opportunity in time where political and policy pressures
align momentarily to allow some set of policy problems and solutions to meet
policy demands - ANSWER-pressures placed upon elected leaders and
policymakers that change the costs of their inaction
credible action - ANSWER-promised or threatened action that the action's target
believes will be carried out with a high probability
agenda setting - ANSWER-the process by which formal institutional centers of power
will take up and potentially act on a policy solution
advocacy coalitions - ANSWER-policy subsystems that consist of a cariety of
interests, including actors within administrative agencies, legislative committees,
researchers, policy analysts etc.
factors that drive agenda setting - ANSWER-1. formal institutional actors
2. actors external to formal institutions
3. external shocks
technical complexity - ANSWER-level of knowledge that is required to understand a
policy area
policy salience - ANSWER-the number of citizens that are likely to be affected by the
policy in a significant way
cost-benefit analysis - ANSWER-identifying all of the costs of a proposed policy or
project, and all of its benefits, and calculating a ratio to determine whether benefits
exceed costs
policy evaluation - ANSWER-systematic investigation of the effects of a policy on its
intended social target, prior to action
