Week 2: Public Policy
Week 3: Bureaucracy
Week 4: Policy Tools
Week 5: Democracy
Filipinos!
100
The three branches of the government which can exist at the federal, state, and local level.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
100
These problems address the three Ps: people, processes, and performance.
What are management problems?
100
Concept of similar outcomes coming from varying policy tools
What is equifinality?
100
The level of government that administers elections.
What is local government?
100
This Wilipino got her start on Disney Channel, but is now known for her Grammy Award-winning music after her record-setting debut in 2021.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
200
An issue that can be addressed by government intervention.
What is a policy problem?
200
A colloquial term describing the tedious paperwork and obstacles people face when interacting with bureaucracies
What is red tape?
200
A type of policy tool where the government can involve markets, third parties, and outside actors.
What is an indirect policy tool?
200
The title of a state-level official that governs election policy.
What is the State Chief Election Official (CEO)?
200
This artist is half Puerto Rican and half Filipino, and makes popular music that takes inspiration from soul, R&B, funk, and hip hop.
Who is Bruno Mars?
300
A system of government where the state and federal governments share responsibilities for addressing certain policy problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
300
A model of bureaucracy that states that bureaucracies will compete against others for power and resources.
What is the acquisitive model of bureaucracy?
300
A policy tool that involves regulations for firms to improve and protect the quality of the environment. Can include caps on emissions.
What is Environmental Regulation?
300
Geographical separations made to organize voters, each one tended to by one election office.
What are precincts?
300
This Filipino actress has appeared in the most popular Disney Channel movie series and has also been cast as the female lead in various Netflix Christmas Rom-Coms.
Who is Vanessa Hudgens?
400
Federal regulations that require action from the states that come with penalties for states that don't follow them.
What are unfunded mandates?
400
The specific system of promoting federal servants based on their loyalty to a political party.
What is the Spoils System?
(Political Patronage doesn't count, as it is the strategy, not the system ;P)
400
A broad action that can include policy instruments, but more generally refers to changes made to public policy.
What is a policy action?
400
This piece of legislation was passed in 2002 to aid states in upgrading voting equipment to improve access.
What is the Help America Vote Act?
400
This famous Filipino singer is famous for singing as Mulan and Jasmine in the original animated Disney movies, but was also famous for her Broadway roles, including Eponine in Les Misérables and Kim in Miss Saigon.
Who is Lea Salonga?
500
A colloquial term to describe when interest groups call upon either local, state, or federal government to promote their causes.
What is "venue shopping"?
500
Act published in 1967 that ensures government transparency by allowing public access to records created within bureaucratic systems.
What is the Freedom of Information Act?
500
The policy tool funded by the government to perform a service or regulate a certain industry. This tool receives funding, but is not directly tied to any Executive departments.
What is an Independent Executive Agency?
500
Section 4 of this piece of federal legislation requires states to receive federal approval when making changes to election policy, and was struck by the Supreme Court under Shelby County v. Holder
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This Filipino voice actor plays the role of Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, but also acts and is famous for his role as Dolph in "But I'm a Cheerleader"
Who is Dante Basco?