QUIZ

According to the Advocacy Coalition Framework, what is necessary for understanding long-term policy change?

• Short-term decisions and outcomes

• Interaction of advocacy coalitions over a decade or more

• Individual political leaders’ decisions

• Random shifts in public opinion

What are the three main ways ideas influence policy change, according to Béland?

• 3. Resource distribution, advocacy, and enforcement

• Problem construction, shaping reform proposals, and constructing reform imperatives

• Institutional restructuring, market reforms, and civil movements

• Economic crises, social mobilization, and framing policy instruments

Which of the following is an example of policy paradigms influencing policy-making, as discussed by Béland?

• Neoliberalism guiding economic policies

• The technical details of administrative law

• • Random institutional decisions during crises

• Grassroots rejection of government decisions

What is identified as a major challenge for effective public policy-making in Africa?

• The oversupply of financial resources

• Lack of integration of bottom-up and top-down approaches

• Excessive public participation in all policy processes

• Over-reliance on regional integration policies

Why is policy-oriented learning important in the Advocacy Coalition Framework model?

• It quickly resolves conflicts between coalitions

• 7. It helps coalitions revise strategies based on experience and evidence

• It eliminates external factors affecting policy subsystems

• It replaces the need for advocacy coalitions
  

What is the biggest obstacle to implementing evidence-based policies in African contexts?

• Lack of clear objectives in policy documents

• Insufficient research utilization and funding

• Excessive international donor influence

• Overcomplicated administrative processes

What is the role of framing in ideational processes for policy change?

• Defining policy problems and amplifying shared values

• Highlighting technical details over public concerns

• Ignoring cultural values in policymaking

• Shifting institutional responsibilities to individualsC

In African policy-making, why is research participation critical for policy success?

• It validates donor interests over public needs

• Ensures those affected contribute to policy alternatives

• Avoids the influence of grassroots organizations

• Simplifies policy-making through fewer consultations

What is the relationship between ideas and institutions in Béland’s framework?

• Institutions always dominate over ideas in shaping policies.

• Ideas operate independently from institutional contexts

• Ideas and institutions interact to shape policy outcomes.

• Institutions prevent ideas from influencing policy change.

According to the ACF, what is the primary "glue" that binds advocacy coalitions together?

• Financial resources.

• Shared belief systems.

• Common political affiliations.

• Geographic proximity.