Political Science homework help. No plagiarizing and do NOT upload to TURNITIN.
Please respond to each of the four short response questions posted below. Your answers
should be short, focused, and complete, ranging from one to three paragraphs. Please make
sure to answer each specific part of every question. Successful answers will provide details
and context that support your arguments and explain your position to the readers. You may
also want to provide real world examples taken from the readings, lectures, group discussions,
or your own independent thinking. These illustrations can be from the course materials or your
own ideas. Providing this context and being able to apply the material to YOUR OWN
understanding of politics really shows us that you have mastered the material. Do not use
outside materials.
Assigned materials:
• American Government, Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/15-introduction
• McCrain, Josh. 2017. “What does Donald Trump need for a successful presidency?
Bureaucrats.” The Washington Post’s The Monkey Cage.
• McCrain, Josh. 2017. “What does Donald Trump need for a successful presidency?
Bureaucrats.” The Washington Post’s The Monkey Cage.
• American Government, Chapter 13: The Courts
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/13-introduction
• American Government, Chapter 10: Interest Groups and Lobbying
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/10-introduction
1. Who controls the bureaucracy? How do they do so? How does this competition affect the
bureaucracy? Why and when do elected officials delegate power to the bureaucracy?
2. How do judges decide cases? Highlight several types of factors that contribute to their
rulings. Why are the courts often considered the weakest branch? Why might this be
wrong?
3. Highlight the types of benefits politicians and bureaucrats receive from interest groups.
What is the pluralist defense of interest groups? What might undermine this perspective?
Why might it not be so bad?
4. Describe the difference between insider and outsider lobbying tactics. What types of
interest groups generally use each? Under what circumstances will one by more impactful
than the other?
