How do interest groups seek to influence the executive branch?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that groups can lobby the president, White House staff, or specific bureaucratic agencies.
2. Explain that this lobbying can be done when policies are being formulated by the White House or while they are being implemented by the bureaucracy.
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A) a strong mayor with many formal powers B) a city manager appointed by the city council C) an elected mayor and city council D) a city manager responsible for managing the city's departments
Milton Friedman argued that economic freedom promotes political freedom because
a. a nation that has limited economic freedom cannot enjoy political freedom. b. economists are better politicians than those of other professions. c. free trade encourages political freedom in other countries. d. it separates economic power from political power and allows the former to offset the latter. e. political freedom is a condition for economic freedom.
Foreign news coverage has been reduced over the years for which of the following reasons noted in your text?
a. Viewer preference for domestic news and cable network competition b. Deregulation and conglomeration c. The general decline of global conflict and thus the absence of newsworthy stories d. Privatization and outsourcing
What is the frequent and long standing occurrence according to liberalism?
a. War b. Cooperation c. Can’t say; it changes according to the change of norms d. Depends on the distribution of hostility in the system