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Guide Test 3
Chapters 12,13,15.
Congress
(chapter 12)
1. Functions
2. Criticisms
3.
Characteristics
4. Role of Political Parties
5. Forms of representation
6. Demographic representation
President
(chapters 13)
1. Roles
2.
Limitations
3. Reasons for expansion
4. Why presidency-centered government
5. How individual presidents have expanded the presidency
Courts (chapter 15)
1. Functions of the Courts
2. Characteristics of the Courts
3. Structure of Courts
4. How Judges are Selected
5. Qualities examined in judicial selection
6. Procedures used by Supreme Court
7. How Cases reach Supreme Court
8. Types of Opinions from Supreme Court
9. civil vs. criminal law
10. Limits on power of the Courts
Bureaucracy
1. definition
2.
characteristics
3. reasons for expansion
4. criticisms
5. bureaucracy
and democracy
6. role of President, Congress, Supreme Court and
Interest in
Bureaucracy
1. Definition of bureaucracy
2. Characteristics of bureaucracy
3. Role of President, Congress, Supreme Court and Interest in
4. How bureaucracy operates
5. American bureaucracy
6. Iron triangle
7. Conservative approach--deregulation, privatization
8. Criticisms
Foreign Policy
1. Goals of foreign policy
2. Tools of foreign policy
3. How foreign policy is made
4. Role of the president, Congress, Supreme Court
5. Policy in the Cold War
6. Policy after 9/11
| Political Decision Making Institutions: |
1. Congress (organization, functions , parties in, weaknesses, criticisms,
recommended reforms ) |
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2. The President (roles, powers, staff, limitations on power, powers in
time of war, Bush and War on Terror. |
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| Reading Assignments |
Cummings and Wise |
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Chapters 12.13 |
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Study Guide Test 4
Chapters 14, 15, 16
Bureaucracy
1. Why we have a bureaucracy
2. The political nature of the bureaucracy
3. Presidential and Congressional limits on bureaucracy
4. Problem of bureaucracy and democracy
5. Role of client groups, interest groups, pubic opinion
6. Iron triangle
7. Conservative approach--deregulation, privatization
Courts
1. Functions of the Courts
2. Characteristics of the Courts
3. Structure of Courts
4. Criteria Used in Selection of Judges
5. Reforming the Nomination Process
6. Procedures used by Supreme Court
7. How Cases reach Supreme Court
8. Types of Opinions from Supreme Court
9. Proper role of Supreme Court
10. Limits on power of the Courts
Foreign Policy
1. Goals of foreign policy
2. Tools of foreign policy
3. How foreign policy is made
4. Role of the president, Congress, Supreme Court
5. Policy in the Cold War
6. Policy after 9/11
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