The reliance on repression to stay in power, but in doing so creating incentives for everyone to falsify their preferences is referred to as the ______.

A. repression effect
B. falsification
C. dictator’s dilemma
D. personality cult


C. dictator’s dilemma

Political Science

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What is the potential tension between any religious tradition and the principles of democracy?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

Foreign assistance makes up about __________ of the total federal budget

a. 0.25 percent c. 5 percent b. 1 percent d. 10 percent

Political Science

The percentage of black voters who identify themselves as Democrats shot upward when

a. the Civil War broke out. b. Reconstruction ended. c. Woodrow Wilson defeated Taft and Roosevelt in 1912. d. Lyndon Johnson backed civil rights legislation. e. the Twenty-fourth Amendment eliminated poll taxes.

Political Science

Discuss the tradition of conservatism in the U.S. policymaking environment. Compare this tradition to that of European policymaking. Explore the contradiction between the ideal of conservatism and its practice in U.S. policymaking. What challenges are evident in U.S. policymaking as a result of this contradiction?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science