Which statement explains why the issue of access challenges the pluralist theory?
a. Pluralists assume that larger interest groups have greater access to fund-raising opportunities.
b. Pluralists argue that access to government benefits should be evenly distributed to all interest groups.
c. Pluralists argue that access to policy makers should be limited to those groups whose interests align with the public good.
d. Pluralists assume that all groups have access to policy makers when some groups are actually shut out of the system almost entirely.
d
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Why do interest groups typically offer selective benefits to their members?
a. to foster greater diversity among group members b. to encourage only the most committed supporters to become involved c. to discourage members from joining more than one interest group d. to overcome the free-rider problem
In ______________, the Supreme Court upheld a child labor law that prohibited boys under the age of 12 and girls under the age of 18 from selling newspapers on the street against an attack based on the Free Exercise Clause
a. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) b. Minnesota v. Hershberger (1990) c. Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) d. Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)
The growth of connections such as international trade, immigration, and communication throughout the world is known as
a. urbanization. b. collateralism. c. globalization. d. internationalization.
Gibbons v. Ogden increased the power of the national government by interpreting very broadly the ______.
a. federal police power b. congressional power to declare war c. commerce clause of the Constitution d. necessary and proper clause of the Constitution e. none of the these