How Kristin Died
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Case Study 2: How Kristin Died
Read the following Case Study:
https://content.grantham.edu/at/PA301/9780618993017%20pg%2064%20to%2075%20BA301.pdf
Respond to the following questions (be sure to reflect upon the elements of the bureaucracy described in Chapter 2 prior to the case study):
Was this the best way to go to protect Kristin. Do you suggest any other ways to go about it? What are your suggestions and why?
Explain and discuss if the system failed to protect Kristin and if so why?
There were many elements of bureaucracy that were present, which one was the biggest issue and why was it?
2.
Administration and Politics Dichotomy
The issues of politics and administration dichotomy first raised by Woodrow Wilson continue to generate debate among scholars of public administration in modern time. While some think Wilson’s idea was useful, others reject the idea as impossible. In a 2-3 page paper, and in your opinion, is that distinction practical and workable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using such a dichotomy today as a way to advance that field of study? Support your case with examples.
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Case Study 5: Wichita Confronts Contaminations
Read Case Study 5 in your textbook and answer the following questions:
Identify the various actors of intergovernmental relations involved in the case
In general, what does this case tell you about the complexity of IGR in this country and the work of public administrators in the 21st century?
4.
Read Case Study 7 in the textbook and respond to the the following questions:
Case Study 7:
Who were the key actors involved in the decision-making to go to Iraq and how did their ideas evolve?
Why were some actors involved and others excluded from the decision-making to go to Iraq and did the exclusion of some actors affect the decision that was made?
How did professional careerists and political appointees who opposed the war attempt to influence the thought about going to war and why did they fail?
