FINAL EXAM QUESTION Consider the following discussion from Wikipedia… “Gridloc
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FINAL EXAM QUESTION Consider the following discussion from Wikipedia… “Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where ‘continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic in all directions to a complete standstill’ .[1] The term originates from a situation possible in a grid plan where intersections are blocked, preventing vehicles from either moving forwards through the intersection or backing up to an upstream intersection… By extension, the term has been applied to situations in other fields where flow is stalled by excess demand, or in which competing interests prevent progress.” In politics, gridlock refers to the difficulty of passing laws fulfilling a party’s political agenda in a legislature that is nearly evenly divided, or in which two legislative houses, or the executive branch and the legislature are controlled by different political parties. In the United States politics, gridlock frequently refers to occasions when the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate are controlled by different parties, or by a different party than the party of the president. Gridlock may also occur within the Senate, when no party has a filibuster-proof majority. Law professors such as Sanford Levinson and Adrian Vermeule, as well as political commentators such as Matthew Yglesias, have criticized the U.S. Constitution and Senate voting rules for contributing to legislative gridlock. The current reading material outlines the institutions of government and how they work in relation to environmental policy. We often hear that the functioning of government produces gridlock. This is due to (among other things) • extreme ideological differences • multiple means of access for interests including election financing, congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies • splits in and between agencies over the best way to proceed • division of Congress and Presidency between different parties • scientific thinking vs ideological thinking For your final exam, please write a short essay in which you evaluate the argument for gridlock in the context of environmental policy. In your essay, you should address what you see as the primary causes of gridlock on environmental politics and policymaking.
