One of the first modern political scientists to specifically discuss public policy as such was Charles Merriam

During which of the following events did U.S. military spending comprise the highest percentage of total spending?

a. the Vietnam War b. the Reagan administration c. the war in Iraq d. the war in Afghanistan

As a member of a developmental research team you are given the responsibility of obtaining

parental consent for a group of kindergarten children to participate in a research study. You want to make the process of getting parental consent as easy as possible so you prepare the informed consent and then have the kindergarten give each child the consent form with instructions to give it to their parents for them to read and sign and return it only if they do not want their child to participate in the study. This approach would involve a. active consent b. minor participatory consent c. assent consent d. passive consent