Discussion: "The Political Context of Public Administration"

Respond to the following.

Note: Online students, please respond to two of the following four bulleted items.

• From Chapter 1 of the textbook, President Wilson asserted that it is "harder to run a constitution than to frame one." From the first e-Activity, suggest two examples of difficulties that exist in either the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government today that bolster Wilson's assertion

• Organize the three basic forms of government from the point of view of a public administrator. Suggest two to three common goals and interdependencies of the forms of government in question. Provide a rationale to support your response.

• From the second e-Activity, speculate on whether or not the policies that you have selected would have positive or negative impacts on the new federalism. Justify your response.

• Analyze the main types of federalism. Debate two to three advantages and two to three disadvantages of federalism as it relates to intergovernmental relations. Provide a rationale to support your response.