A news reporter is covering an accident between a car and a motorcycle. This reporter is biased against the city government for overtaxing her property and not responding to her complaints. As a result of her bias, she employs framing to portray the car accident as ______.
a. motorcyclists’ inattention to others on the road
b. the result of the car’s failed brake lights
c. a failure of clear road signage
d. the car driver’s texting habit
c. a failure of clear road signage
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According to Figure 17.2, of the entire federal government's budgetary spending, the largest portion of non-means-tested entitlements goes to __________
a. interest b. Social Security c. Medicare d. Medicaid
The level of analysis that focuses on the characteristics of the domestic society attempts to
a. discover which societies are most susceptible to authoritarian regimes. b. understand the characteristics that make some societies poor and others rich. c. understand the characteristics that make some societies authoritarian and others democratic. d. understand the opportunities and constraints placed on the decisionmaker due to resources, capabilities, expectations, and economic and political organization of the society in which the decisionmaker lives.
The effect of a legislative veto was to
A) give Congress control over certain executive decisions. B) strip House chairpersons of powers of appropriation. C) give Congress control over the appointment of agency heads. D) strip House chairpersons of powers of authorization. E) return power to subcommittees.
Identify the four most common political ideologies in the United States and describe the basic beliefs of each one. What sort of measures would subscribers to each ideology support and oppose? Are these ideologies internally consistent? When answering this question, consider also why so few Americans identify themselves as ideologues.
What will be an ideal response?