Policy making does not occur in a vacuum. Explain and provide an example of each of the various contexts that surround policy making and how that context can influence the policies that are enacted.

What will be an ideal response?

Social context: demographic trends and how citizens relate to one another; economic context: the state of the economy, employment, poverty, and government budgets; political context: the conduct of the two major parties and their positions.

Political Science

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Which minority has the largest presence in Congress?

a. Japanese Americans b. African Americans c. Hispanic Americans d. women e. LGBT

Political Science

In both pluralismand elitism, government actions are produced by ________

a. the forces generally external to the government b. the result ofirrational, corrupt forces c. the consensus of society d. the manipulation of a corporate elite e. the power of senior committee members in Congress

Political Science