The higher the tension in society is, the ____________ receptivity of the press, the public, and the policymakers to claims. 

_____________ are potential obstacles to diffusion; they make it easier for prospective adopters to conclude that a particular claim is not really applicable to their society.

Identify and briefly explain the three streams from Kingdon’s 3 Streams model (to explain how policy can be passed successfully to generate change). What is an example of confluence, when American society has made a key social change through policy?

A news article about homelessness argues that the local city council should approve donating land to a nonprofit organization that wants to create a tiny home village to house homeless people. This is part of a “housing first” model of solving homelessness. This statement specifying what should be done about a troubling condition illustrates which component of a claim?

Who is most likely to make primary claims?

Government branches (e.g. Congress) are the only places policymaking happens.

A special, high-status group that is often created at the national level and evaluates policies and issues recommendations is a/an:

Societal fault lines are MOST likely to flare into claimsmaking when:

A business that exists in two countries, with employees who work in both places and know each others, would be an example of a/an:

What component of a claim invokes values and emotions and explains why something ought to be done about a troubling condition?