What is typically involved in the policy adoption stage?
a. a full-on media campaign to ensure public support for the chosen policy proposal
b. action on a preferred policy alternative for which the proponents of action think they can win approval, even though it does not provide all they might like
c. the creation of a commission with the sole responsibility of ensuring the policy's successful enactment
d. selection from a number of full-blown policy alternatives
b
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What is the preference ordering of the outcomes of player A in the prisoners’ dilemma game? Assume that the first letter refers to A’s strategy and the second letter to B’s strategy. C = cooperate; D = defect.
a. (C,C) > (C,D) > (D,D) > (D,C) b. (D,D) > (C,C) > (D,C) > (C,D) c. (C,D) > (C,C) > (D,D) > (D,C) d. (D,C) > (C,C) > (D,D) > (C,D)
Which of the following is a characteristic of elite theory?
A. It implies that the president must come from the party that holds the majority in Congress. B. It emphasizes governmental control over economic policy, but not social institutions. C. It is viewed by political scientists as a theory that works well as a description of both how democracies should function and how democracies actually do function. D. It indicates that a single ruler controls all aspects of the government, but not economic and social institutions. E. It is the perspective that society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interests.
Under the ______ clause, Congress has claimed the authority to define nearly all productive activity as interstate commerce.
a. productivity b. commerce c. business d. profitability
Individuals and groups who engage in terrorism in pursuit of broader regional or global transformations of the social and political order are known as ______ terrorists.
a. criminal b. revolutionary c. nationalist d. nihilist