Imagine you recently transferred from a federal agency to work in Arizona state government. What would you observe as differences between budgeting at the federal level versus budgeting practices/processes in Arizona (or states generally)?

Imagine you recently transferred from a federal agency to work in Arizona state government. What would you observe as differences between budgeting at the federal level versus budgeting practices/processes in Arizona (or states generally)?
Intergovernmental transfers such as grants provide revenue from one level of government down to another. Locate a type of intergovernmental transfer in use today. Share your findings and discuss the program, funding source, recipient, and program conditions (the strings attached).
Discuss the factors outlined by Fisher that may result in local government spending increases in the future?
How have citizens impacted state-local government revenue generation choices?

he European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have both been agents of European integration in complementary ways. Explain.

Part A of the exam deals with integrative institutions. You should give special attention to:
•the European Court of Justice
•the European Central Bank
•the relationship between the EU and NATO as integrative institutions
•the role of the European Commission as an integrative institution, in particular the leadership of the President of the European Commission.

Part B of the exam challenges you to identify the topic of a quotation on an issue confronting the EU and to explain its importance to European integration in terms of the unity (or not) of a European Union that has become both institutionally deep and geographically wide.

Your answers:
Demonstrate in your answers your grasp of the working of integrative institutions. Give examples to illustrate your points either from the text (attached), or sources you find independently.

Trust your brain. Give me thoughtful answers, based on what you have heard, read, and understand, rather than answers based on what you think I want to hear.

Write short essays and cite sources if you want, but these are not research essays.

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Part A:Integration in Perspective. Answer any two.
1. As institutions of the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Court of Justice(ECJ) have been major vehicles of European integration. Explain with examples. S

2. The European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have both been agents of European integration in complementary ways. Explain.

3. As President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, may be tempted to adopt a visionary agenda, like Jacques Delors, or act as a crisis-manager, like Jean-Claude Juncker. The choice, however, is not entirely hers to make. Explain.

Part B: The Crisis of the Moment Answer the following question.
The columnist below is writing about neither Brexit nor the EURO. What is he writing about,and what is his argument?

What beliefs, values, and ideas are important in The Latehomecomer based on what/how the author writes?

The Latehomecomer. book provided in attachments

 

What is the ideology of the text? (An ideology is a system of beliefs, values, and ideas about the world.) In Chapters 1-6, Yang shares some of the personal history and struggles of her family (her parents, grandmother, aunts/uncles, her sister, herself). In sharing about these experiences, what can we say are some of the beliefs, values, and ideas that are emphasized as important in the text?

What beliefs, values, and ideas are important in The Latehomecomer based on what/how the author writes? What beliefs, values, and ideas are important?

Effective Decisions – Data and People Making sound decisions often benefits by having relevant support from BI/Analytics. With that said, human behavior comes into play as well. What about the impact of conflict in reaching an effective decision?

Effective Decisions – Data and People Making sound decisions often benefits by having relevant support from BI/Analytics. With that said, human behavior comes into play as well. What about the impact of conflict in reaching an effective decision? Do you think conflict is a problem when making decisions? Why or why not? Conversely, if everyone involved is stating their agreement with a decision does that mean the best decision has been made? Why or why not?