WOLL HW CHECK #2
Mayhew – Divided We Govern
Ginsberg and Shefter – Politics by Other Means
Complete and print out this assignment and bring to class on the
assigned due date
Directions – answer the following in the space provided:
Directions – read each statement and list of answers. Pick the best answer and circle that choice.
1. David Mayhew, in Divided We Govern, suggests
that:
a) unified versus divided
control of government makes little difference in the outcome of
policymaking.
b) a divided government
writes as many laws as a unified one, but the laws are not as good.
c) a unified government is
more able to attach an ideological coherence to its programs.
d) divided government is
the preference of irrational voters.
2. Mayhew argues that congressional micro-management
of executive affairs:
a) increases with divided
government.
b) decreases with divided
government.
c) is independent of
divided or unified control.
d) helps end divided
government by attacking presidents from other parties.
3. David Mayhew argues that:
a) the promotion of a
European-style party government system will solve many of the
problems.
b) "party
government" schemes are a mistake.
c) the
political parties.
d) American foreign policy
is not as coherent as foreign policy made under a parliamentary system.
4. According to
Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter, "politics by other means":
a) is a result of the
declining importance of elections.
b) makes it difficult for
the government to achieve collective national purposes.
c) leads to increased
battles in the federal court system.
d) all of the above
5. Ginsberg and
Shefter see which of the following as the solution to electoral deadlock?
a) the creation of a
parliamentary system in the
b) term limitations on
officeholders
c) the inclusion of new
voters in the electorate
d) more frequent
presidential elections
6. According to Ginsburg and Shefter, which is not an
outlet for "politics by other means"?
a) the criminal justice
system
b) critical elections
c) the federal court
d) the national security apparatus