Temple College
GOVT 2301
Summer, 2000
NAME: Mandolyn Dean
465-87-1685
MAKE-UP EXAM #1
PART I. SHORT ANSWER 1. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. List and discuss the five characteristics of public policy. Define public policy
based on these characteristics.
2. Discuss the five stages of the policy-making process. Outline activities
involved in each stage.
PART II. SHORT ANSWER 2. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Contrast the elite and pluralist theories of policy-making. Identify the basic
propositions of each. What are their policy implications?
2. Explain why there is no single or static definition of democracy. Identify and
discuss some of the possible meanings of democracy. Which best describe
the reality of democracy in the United States? Briefly outline and explain the
five criteria of traditional democratic theory. Is traditional democratic theory
very realistic? Explain.
PART III. SHORT ANSWER 3. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Discuss the role of government in:
[a] providing public goods;
[b] addressing the problem of externalities;
[c] dealing with the problems of adverse selection and moral hazard.
Be sure to distinguish among pure private, pure public, and merit goods and
services. Provide examples to illustrate your points. Explain why government
must usually provide pure public goods and services. Why does government
either subsidize or provide merit goods and services? Also, distinguish
between positive and negative externalities, explaining how government deals
with each. Provide examples to illustrate your points. Define adverse
selection and moral hazard. Provide examples to illustrate.
2. Discuss the policy classification scheme introduced in class. What two
questions must we answer to use this scheme?
In your discussion, be sure to identify each class or type of policy AND the
activity of government which defines each class. Provide examples of each
class to illustrate.
PART IV. SHORT ANSWER 4. Answer one (1) of the following in a
paragraph. Do NOT answer specific parts as separate items. Integrate your
responses into a well-organized, well-constructed paragraph. Write complete
sentences and pay attention to spelling, grammar, and word choice. Do NOT
assume that “the instructor will know what you mean.” WRITE LEGIBLY IN INK!
20 points
1. Construct a two-dimensional, four-fold classification depicting the various
strands of American political thought based on the original and modern
dilemmas of government. You should actually draw and label the continuums
in addition to discussing each of the four strands. Are the attitudes of each
strand toward the role of government completely consistent? Explain.
Provide examples to illustrate your points.
2. Discuss the fundamental assumptions of classical liberalism. Identify and
explain liberalism’s assumptions concerning the purposes and scope of
governmental power. In your discussion, describe how liberalism’s
assumptions about the purposes of government are based on its assumptions
regarding human nature and society. Finally, explain why liberalism occupies
the “narrow middle” of the continuum of the scope of governmental power.
PART V. IDENTIFICATION. Define and identify the importance of ten (10)
of the following items in a sentence or two for each. 20 points/2 pts. each. Your
answer should be written to demonstrate your familiarity with and understanding of both
terms or concepts in each pair. These items can generally be answered in two or three
sentences. Students should go beyond simple definitions of the terms or concepts to
say why each is important and why the two are juxtaposed. Here is an example:
[example] Article I, sec. 8:18 v 10th Amendment – Article I, sec 8:18 implies that the
national government has powers beyond those that are expressly delegated in the
Constitution while the 10th Amendment reserves for the states any powers not delegated
by the Constitution to the national government. These provisions reflect the competing
political philosophies of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists respectively;
consequently, the question of the balance of constitutional powers between the two
levels of government must be resolved by judicial interpretation.

politics v government

legitimacy v coercion

referendum v initiative

authoritative government v authoritarian government

direct democracy v representative democracy

social democracy v liberal democracy

populism v libertarianism
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progressivism v conservatism

totalitarianism v anarchism

civil order v individual liberty

negative externality v positive externality