Compare and contrast two of the more significant public policy issues facing Texans at the start of the twenty-first century. Which issue do you find more important? Defend your choice.
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1. Identify at least two of the issues mentioned in the textbook. Examples include the regressive tax system, expenditures for public education and public services, and water conservation.
2. Explain dimensions of the issues, comparing them and contrasting them.
3. Present and defend a choice about the most compelling policy issue.
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A. crossover sanctions B. direct orders C. partial preemption D. crosscutting requirements
According to world systems theory, the most important fact to know about a state in trying to understand its behavior is
A) its military power relative to the rest of the international system. B) its position in the world economic system. C) its understanding of norms in the world system. D) the percentage of its leadership that is female. E) the strength of its representation in the UN.
A situation in which control over the House of Representatives, the Senate, and/or the presidency is split between political parties is defined as ______.
a. divided government b. partisan separation c. legislative gridlock d. descriptive representation
Which of the following is not an example of German military expansion before World War II?
a. Aggression in Ethiopia and Manchuria b. The annexation of the Sudetenland c. The remilitarization of the Rhineland d. The invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland