Questions should be answered single spaced.
1.How do problems or issues begin to capture the attention of policy makers and politicians? Include a discussion of the scope of conflict and any other additional factors.
2. Explain the quote from E.E. Schattneider, the most powerful instrument for control of conflict is conflict itself. How can one conflict be used to control another conflict provide an example
3. Explain the stages in policy process where the momentum can be lost and everything returns to the status quo. Are all stages threatened by a lack of momentum or a distraction?
provide an example
4. How did baumgartner and Jones test punctuated equilibrium theory? What type of data did they use? include details
5. Define episodic and thematic frames. What are the differences between episodic and thematic frames? Can an issue move from being dominated by one frame to another? give an example
