Week 14 – Making Foreign and Military Policy
1.) Of the four types of politics outlined in chapter 13, which are exemplified in each of the following cases?
a. -rights activists convince a city council to pass an ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals in jobs and housing.
b. A presidential candidate promises to cut the size and power of the federal bureaucracy.
c. A civil-rights group sues for a citywide desegregation program involving busing.
d. A governor creates a commission on the status of women and appoints several members of the feminist movement to it.
e. A campaign is mounted to have a nuclear weapons freeze.
2) Do you believe that one or another of the four types of politics is more legitimate than the others?
3) Do you think that some are more likely to produce unfortunate outcomes? Which, and why?