A reputational approach to studying community power is best described as
a. going into a community and asking informants to name and rank the local leaders.
b. identifying community issues and using various sources, trying to determine who is influential in the decisionmaking process.
c. participating in the decision process and observing who is influential.
d. avoiding all measures of influence.
c
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a. Joint b. Standing c. Select d. Conference
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a. past rulings b. how a candidate might rule on a specific case c. party affiliation d. court procedures e. proper qualifications
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a. Size of the state b. Population of the state c. It was determined at the Constitutional Convention. d. Each state has the same number of legislators. e. Percentage of citizens who voted in last election
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A) wishful thinking B) mirror imaging C) affective bias D) projection