How do the saliency and conflict associated with an issue affect how or if it gets on the government’s agenda? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Saliency refers to the importance of an issue to the general public, and conflict refers to the amount of conflict surrounding a policy among policy makers. Given this, an issue that is highly salient and has low levels of conflict is most likely to be on the government agenda. Policy makers want to deal with issues people care about but not spend a lot of time associated with high conflict.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In Texas, the making of public policies is often hampered by conflicts involving _____
a. a newer moralistic culture among a vocal minority in the state b. Texas's individualistic and traditionalistic culture c. Texas's independent political culture d. the Democratic and Republican political cultures e. a newer moralistic culture among a vocal minority in the state, as well as Texas's individualistic and traditionalistic culture