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| The authors define public administration in: |
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| Four Clusters, and Eighteen Descriptions |
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| In 1955, Dwight Waldo was the first to insist that analysts "see administration in terms of its environment," meaning essentially that |
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| similar administrative acts may be performed differently in different cultures |
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| This individual argued that there was a need for a science of administration: |
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| When public administration is said to be the "king's largesse," this is an example of |
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| a big-city political machine that dispenses benefits, favors, aid and assistance |
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| Government regulation means that government creates: |
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| policies to control the social and economic activities of the citizenry, private business, and public agencies |
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| The textbook states that an example of public administration as idealism in action is the |
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| notion of noblesse oblige |
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| What is NOT among the key assumptions for the study of public administration, according to Leonard White? |
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| Public administration is separate from the study of politics |
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| You have learned that public administration is a profession. Professions are characterized by specific criteria. To be defined as a profession, public administration must meet three criteria. What is not one of the criteria? |
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| A system of government that dispenses the king's largesse |
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| When some public administrators have described public administration as being "Mickey Mouse," we are referring to the |
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| red tape that can exist in public administration. |
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| The author of the first introductory textbook in public administration, in 1926, was |
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| The philosophical icon of the current Tea Party Movement and its libertarian worldview is: |
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| The mystical "city on the hill," reference that originated with John Winthrop in the 1630's and has been repeated in varied forms by president Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama is an example of |
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| The founding father of public administration who wrote the essay "The Study of Administration," which laid the foundation for the science of public administration |
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| Administrative Law is focused on: |
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| Correctness of procedures that agencies use in exercising their authority, and the totality of executive directives, constitutionality, statutory, and case law. |
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| The presiding officer of a legislature such as the House of Representatives is known as: |
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| Whatever government does or does not do can be seen as public policy (T/F) |
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| Based on his article "The Study of Administration" in the 1887 political science quarterly, Leonard White is considered the founding father of public administration. (T/F) |
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| Public Policy "decides," and public administration "does," thus they are integrally connected. (T/F) |
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| The philosophy of Libertarianism promotes the idea of a strong visible hand of government into the lives of the people. (T/F) |
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| The maximization of private gain does not necessarily maximize social benefit. This principle is explained in "The Tragedy of the Commons." |
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