Interest Groups
What will be an ideal response?
Formally organized associations that seek to influence public policy.
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In the context of strategies to govern metropolitan regions, what is meant by agreements to furnish services?
A. It refers to the practice of large cities absorbing neighboring areas into it. B. It refers to the practice of a few cities sharing a single activity. C. It refers to the practice of multiple cities establishing an authority to run services in all the cities. D. It is the practice of establishing units of government to provide one or more particular services for a regional area. E. It is the practice of merging with the surrounding county's government.
To expand the size of their audience, television networks, large newspapers, and newsmagazines will often
a. cover foreign affairs exclusively. b. hire more reporters to cover more local news. c. ignore mainstream stories and topics in favor of more in-depth coverage of complex policy issues. d. highlight dramatic events and celebrities in order to appeal to more people. e. not discuss the news at all.
Which of the following is designed to facilitate the evaluation of program performance?
a. Management by objectives b. Performance evaluation review technique c. A built-in ability to be evaluated d. All of the above
All of the following are true of democracy EXCEPT ______.
A. countries widely considered to be dictatorships have professed their disdain for democracy B. many acknowledged dictatorships make reference to “people” in their names C. democracy was once viewed as both dangerous and unstable D. Plato and Aristotle were the first to think systematically about different forms of regimes