Taiwan and South Korea converted to liberalized democracies because the government was able to _____
a. successfully overthrow a communist regime
b. resist the economic pressures of globalization
c. secure ample military aid from the United States
d. spread of wealth across a broad range of citizens
Correct Answer: d
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a. international reputation, historical achievement, and crisis aversion b. electoral benefits, crisis aversion, resolvability c. electoral benefits, historical achievement, and good policy d. good policy, international reputation, and electoral benefits
The primary concern of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to
a. improve the internal validity of the research design. b. insure the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in research. c. protect the welfare of human participants. d. insure that research proposals contain no risk to the participants.
Marx did not believe that the communist revolution would begin in Russia because it was
a. devoid of active revolutionaries b. too urbanized c. not wealthy enough d. too oppressive
Daniel J. Elazar's argument that the "virtue of the federal system lies in its ability to develop and maintain mechanisms vital to the perpetuation of the unique combination of governmental strength, political flexibility, and individual liberty which has been the central concern of American politics" means that
A. cities and towns can try new things before the rest of the country. B. different states can have different rules for their people. C. state governments can eliminate corruption that the national government cannot. D. different states can regulate their different economies. E. All of these are correct.