Jim Drinkard describes the role played in policy process by groups such as the National Patient Advocate Foundation, the American Psychiatric Foundation, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. According to Drinkard, these groups
a. offer an effective counterweight to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry.
b. are funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
c. are valuable sources of policy expertise for members of Congress.
d. are largely irrelevant to the policy process.
b. are funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
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a. Redistributive b. Social c. Universal d. Regulatory
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A. a territorially-bound sovereign entity B. a large collectivity composed of many individuals and groups C. the highest governmental level within a country D. a group with a deeply shared fundamental identification
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a. local party bosses who use the merit system for jobs and benefits b. the lack of attention paid to party politics by the general populace c. the requirements of formal training and qualifications for jobs and benefits d. local party bosses who use the patronage system for jobs and benefits e. the increasing automation of city utility functions
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a. Growing wealth. b. Democratic values. c. Nuclear weapons, d. Increasing energy independence.