__________ serve to compel governments to focus on problems that they might otherwise neglect

A policy was issued that aimed at improving training for high school staffs in Texas. This policy resulted in teachers being given special field training and arranging for workshops in other states

This exemplifies which of the following stages of policy making? a. formulation b. implementation c. change d. agenda setting

In 1994, the Republican congressional leadership announced its "Contract with America," which called for reducing the size of the federal government and for returning money, responsibility, and power to the states—what has come to be known as __________, or the transfer of power to political subunits

a. devolution b. localized politics c. funded politics d. revolution