Chapter 02

Instructions

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Question 1

What is new about the new institutionalism?

a) It includes informal norms or rules as well as formal institutions

b) It sees institutions as autonomous actors

c) It emphasizes that institutions are not value-neutral

d) All of the above

Question 2

Which type of 'new institutionalism' focuses on the costs, opportunities and constraints that institutions create for actors?

a) Rational choice institutionalism

b) Historical institutionalism

c) Sociological institutionalism

d) All of the above

Question 3

Which form of new institutionalism is path dependence associated with?

a) Rational choice institutionalism

b) Historical institutionalism

c) Sociological institutionalism

d) None of the above

Question 4

What insights has the 'epistemic communities' approach brought to studies of the EU?

a) It highlights that national governments are more influential than supranational organizations

b) It highlights that ideas matter in explaining policy development

c) It highlights the importance of the lobbying power of interest groups

d) It highlights that interests are rigid and inflexible

Question 5

How do multi-level governance theorists critique intergovernmental approaches?

a) They don't-multi-level governance theorists are essentially intergovernmentalists who also pay attention to the subnational level.

b) Multi-level governance theorists argue that international influences are more important than national interests when it comes to explaining policy outcomes.

c) Multi-level governance theorists argue that supranational institutions are in control of integration and policy-making.

d) Multi-level governance theorists argue that national governments don't control integration and policy making to the degree that intergovernmental approaches suggest.

Question 6

What is another way of describing the dichotomy of 'interests' v 'ideas'?

a) Rationalist v reflectivist dichotomy

b) Supranational v intergovernmental dichotomy

c) Policy networks v policy community dichotomy

d) National v multi-level governance dichotomy

Question 7

True or false: The policy network approach offers a predictive theory of policy making.

a) True

b) False

Question 8

What is the difference between a policy network and an epistemic community?

a) An epistemic community is held together by shared values while a policy network is not

b) Policy networks are less stable than epistemic communities

c) Policy networks are generally large, diffuse and have a low level of interaction compared to epistemic communities

d) All of the above

Question 9

What impact have epistemic communities had on the EU?

a) They provide expertise that the Commission can draw on in policy-making

b) Their advice is most influential when policy consequences are uncertain

c) The policy solutions they advocate can be used to shift the preferences and beliefs of Member States

d) All of the above

Question 10

What is a mid-range theory?

a) A theory that attempts to explain behaviour over the medium term, about two to five years

b) A theory that is only successful at predicting outcomes for the median actor, not for extreme cases

c) A theory that attempts to explain outcomes in particular sectors or at initial policy-making stages, rather than system-wide policy outcomes

d) All of the above

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Chapter 02

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