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ppa exam 2
uco kickham
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
04/09/2014

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according to your authors, elitist expert analysts deprive the policy process of
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democracy
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________ suggests a form of civic engagement that allows citizens to engage each other not as enemies using democratic procedures but rather as citizens with responsibilities and obligations to each other
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Etzioni
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Kemmis argues ________ democracy approximated Smith's invisible hand
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Madisonian
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Loop theory ignores the role of _______.
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administrators
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Fox and miller argue that there are three classes of ________ claims: _______ claims that betray the trust of discourse participants; lame excuses for having made an ________ claim; and calculated, consciously devious claims
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insicere; insicere; insicere
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_______ means theory-driven practice and practice-driven theory
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Praxis
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The ______ movement is associated with synoptic analysis, an overly optimistic view of the potential for rational analysis to lead to significant improvements in policy and implementation.
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Progressive
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This policy analyst must understand that policies are ultimately resolved through the mechanism of ______ _______
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political power
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"What is the role of the analyst"? This is an ______ question
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normative
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According to your authors, the public policy analyst is a __________ of democracy
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conduit
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_________ find modern democracy inadequate because of its emphasis on procedural democracy and individualism
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communitarians
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Peter DeLeon argued that policy analysts relied too much on _____
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quantitative analysis and in doing so have become elite technicians separated from the lives of real people.
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historically, who were the first "clients" of public policy analysts?
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elected officials
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differentiating themselves from both traditional public administration and the new public management school. Denhardt and Denhardt suggest a major role for ________ in policy implementation
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citizens
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How are stakeholders narratives generated?
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focus groups - open ended surveys
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why do people often mistrust professional analysts?
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for hiding behind closed doors
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according to Mickey Kaus, what is the most serious threat to democracy in our times?
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decay of public institutions where we meet as equals
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public policy analysis is typically between a normatice question and an empiracal question?
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business
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which group in society tends to prefer the status quo?
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elites
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why would we strify a sample?
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make sure all subgroups are proportionally represented
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How is a sample weight calculated
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pop proportion/ sample proportion

.50/.55
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