Please write 2 pages essay, 1 page for each question. POLITICAL SCIENCE 310: MID-TERM EXAMINATION PLEASE ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS In the introduction, Lehne suggests that a new “social compact” between business and society/government is being forged. What does he mean by that remark? What was the previous compact and, what changes have there been? Discuss the social compact for another country. Which would you argue is likely to yield a more favorable outcome? Discuss what you would regard as an appropriate social compact for the American of the 21 st century. On what basis did you devise that construct? Explain, considering what you know about the prevailing social and constitutional landscapes. In Chapter 2 of the Lehne texts there is discussion provided of both roles of government (framework, promotional, regulatory and social service) and models of business/government relationship (market, stakeholder, capitalism). Select the governmental role-type and model that you feel has been applied to solve a problem in the 21 st century. Discuss the problem, the policy that was enacted to solve it and, how it reflected a government role and relationship model. Would you have selected that policy? Why? Why not? Corporations enjoyed considerable popularity when they first began to appear in the 19 th century. To what would you attribute their popularity? What developments contributed to their decline in popularity? What is their status today, in your opinion? Explain. Considering the reasons stated for their unpopularity, what would you suggest government do to effect positive change? What is meant by the term “positive government”? When did positive government emerge in the United States? What brought it about? Would you characterize the government of the United States as positive in the first decade of the 21 st century? Explain. Has it been more or less positive in the second decade? Explain. What role has the Constitution and distribution of political power had to do with the conditions of the first and second decades of the 21 st century, respectively? Who was John Maynard Keynes? How does his approach to macroeconomic management depart from the previous status quo? How was American society transformed to make the Keynesian approach more salient than its predecessor? How was the Keynesian approach manifest in macroeconomic policymaking? If you were advising the government of the United States would you suggest more or, less, Keynesianism? Explain. Is the US government likely to become more or, less Keynesian in the coming 12 months? Explain. Discuss subgovernments. Does the Constitution of the United States support them in your view? Explain, citing relevant Articles. When did they begin to appear? Why? What role did they play in policy making a century ago? Explain. What happened to bring about a change in their role, if any change has occurred? Which would you suggest has had the more positive impact,.

1. Please write 2 pages essay, 1 page for each question.
POLITICAL SCIENCE 310: MID-TERM EXAMINATION
PLEASE ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
In the introduction, Lehne suggests that a new “social compact”
between business and society/government is being forged. What
does he mean by that remark? What was the previous compact
and, what changes have there been? Discuss the social compact
for another country. Which would you argue is likely to yield a
more favorable outcome? Discuss what you would regard as an
appropriate social compact for the American of the 21
st
century. On what basis did you devise that construct? Explain,
considering what you know about the prevailing social and
constitutional landscapes.
In Chapter 2 of the Lehne texts there is discussion provided of
both roles of government (framework, promotional, regulatory
and social service) and models of business/government
relationship (market, stakeholder, capitalism). Select the
governmental role-type and model that you feel has been
applied to solve a problem in the 21
st
century. Discuss the problem, the policy that was enacted to

2. solve it and, how it reflected a government role and relationship
model. Would you have selected that policy? Why? Why not?
Corporations enjoyed considerable popularity when they first
began to appear in the 19
th
century. To what would you attribute their popularity? What
developments contributed to their decline in popularity? What is
their status today, in your opinion? Explain. Considering the
reasons stated for their unpopularity, what would you suggest
government do to effect positive change?
What is meant by the term “positive government”? When did
positive government emerge in the United States? What brought
it about? Would you characterize the government of the United
States as positive in the first decade of the 21
st
century? Explain. Has it been more or less positive in the
second decade? Explain. What role has the Constitution and
distribution of political power had to do with the conditions of
the first and second decades of the 21
st
century, respectively?
Who was John Maynard Keynes? How does his approach to
macroeconomic management depart from the previous status
quo? How was American society transformed to make the
Keynesian approach more salient than its predecessor? How was
the Keynesian approach manifest in macroeconomic
policymaking? If you were advising the government of the

3. United States would you suggest more or, less, Keynesianism?
Explain. Is the US government likely to become more or, less
Keynesian in the coming 12 months? Explain.
Discuss subgovernments. Does the Constitution of the United
States support them in your view? Explain, citing relevant
Articles. When did they begin to appear? Why? What role did
they play in policy making a century ago? Explain. What
happened to bring about a change in their role, if any change
has occurred? Which would you suggest has had the more
positive impact, the situation today or, that of a century ago?
Explain.
Select any public policy problem that exists in the United States
today. Is the optimal problem solving mechanism for that issue
political or economic, in your opinion? Explain. Has the actual
means used to address it been more political or economic?
Explain. How do you account for any convergence or
divergence? Which approach would you argue is more supported
constitutionally? Explain.
Select a candidate for the office of President in the 2016 race.
In general, would you say that the candidate is more of a public
or private sector proponent? Explain, citing a policy promise
that they have been making. Choose another candidate with an
opposing view? Which philosophy, not candidate specifically,
do you believe makes more sense for the US in 2016? Explain.
Be sure to consider constitutional as well as philosophical
criteria.