CSS 2019 Governance & Public Policies Past Paper

Paper details

Examination

CSS

Year

2019

Subject

Governance & Public Policies

Paper

Single Paper

Subject type

Optional

Mode

Subjective

Questions recorded from this paper

These 7 question wordings are transcribed from CSS Vista’s structured Governance & Public Policies past-paper record for CSS 2019.

1. Q3 · Governance TheoriesIn many areas, governments increasingly have been moving toward partnership (20) working across public and private sector. What are the main governance implications of this trend for the delivery of public services?
2. Q2 · AccountabilityIdentify the main differences between ‘public management’ and ‘private management’; (20) and between ‘public governance’ and ‘corporate governance’.
3. Q5 · AccountabilityHow can bureaucrats and bureaucracies be held accountable? By whom and by what (20) means can they be held accountable? Describe the steps and the measures that can be taken to increase bureaucratic accountability. How do the judicial, the executive, and the legislative branches of government hold bureaucrats and bureaucracies accountable?
4. Q4 · BureaucracyDiscuss the ways in which the legislative and judicial branches interact with the (20) bureaucracy. Explain why these interventions are necessary and useful?
5. Q6 · Public Policy Formulation and ImplementationChoose a policy issue and examine it in the light of policy cycle. Be sure to discuss the (20) relevance of each of the following in your answer: agenda setting, policy formulation, policy adoption, policy implementation, policy evaluation, policy change and policy termination. Also, discuss the most important considerations at each step.
6. Q8 · Public Policy Formulation and ImplementationThe traditional theory of policy making is that legislators make policy and public (20) managers carry it out. However, most scholars argue that this impleolitics/administration dichotomy does not accurately reflect the policy-making process in most contemporary public administration environments. i. How do public managers engage in policy making? ii. How do legislators engage in policy implementation? iii. Is the politics/administration dichotomy still valid today? Why or why not. iv. Provide one detailed example in an area with which you are familiar.
7. Q7 · Federal CabinetWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of a federal system of governments? (20)

Topic-wise Governance & Public Policies past-paper analysis.