Each student will select one question to answer. You must include the page number in the book which assisted you with your answer. Each student will comment on two of their peers responses. No two students may answer the same question.
1. Discuss similarities and differences in the points of view of heads-of-government and (a) legislators, and (b) civil servants
2. Discuss why many legislators have little time to really study, or attend to, the actual substantive issues underlying legislation. What “shortcuts” do they use to deal with this situation (e.g., reliance on aides and lobbyists).
3. Discuss the assertion: “lobbyists are slippery, devious people who cannot be trusted.”
4. Discuss the assertion: “legislative procedures give opponents of legislation so many opportunities to defeat it that opponents of contested legislation possess a decisive advantage.”
5. Why is it useful, when thinking about social agencies, to place them in their broader, political-economic context?
6. “Heads of government” are:
7. Political appointees are:
8. Political appointees are usually charged with:
9. The Executive Branch of Government is:
10. Legislators possess the power to:
11. Most legislatures in state capitals are:
12. The majority party in a legislative chamber:
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