Why does the bureaucracy tend to favor solutions that are only an incremental departure from an existing program?
What will be an ideal response?
The bureaucracy’s use of routine and procedures provides it with the technical expertise to know how to develop programs to reach desired goals. However, reliance on routine and procedure can lead to a narrow vision of policy formulation. Further, in the interest of self-protection, incremental change may seem safest. Incremental changes will not have as high a probability of failure as an innovative program and an incremental change is likely to keep the program in the hands of the agency already administering the existing solution.
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Informal methods of changing the U.S. Constitution include
A) decisions of state courts, judicial activism, and presidential action. B) congressional legislation, judicial review, and presidential action. C) acts of international legislatures, stare decisis, and presidential action. D) stare decisis, referendums, and judicial review. E) ad hoc juries, judicial review, and bureaucratic action.
The opinion written by Chief Justice Taney in the Dred Scott case rendered the Missouri Compromise
a. constitutional. b. relevant only to Missouri. c. relevant only to Kansas and Nebraska. d. the law of the land. e. unconstitutional.