In the 1960s, the growing environmental movement increasingly demanded that government take action to deal with air and water pollution. This phase of the policy process is called
a. agenda setting.
b. policy enactment.
c. policy implementation.
d. evaluation.
a. agenda setting.
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The power of the president to veto parts of a bill without vetoing it in its entirety is known as a __________ veto
A) partial-item B) unitary-item C) line-item D) digit-item
According to the logic of Duverger’s theory, if the United States changed its electoral rules and adopted a permissive form of PR (with large district magnitudes), what do you predict would happen? (You should assume that the United States has a fairly heterogeneous society--i.e., many cleavages.)
A. The number of parties in the legislature would decrease. B. The number of parties in the legislature would increase. C. The number of parties in the legislature would stay the same. D. There would be no parties or legislature in the system.
What does it mean to say that treaty obligations are costly signals?
a. Leaders pay a high price for the opportunity to join an international treaty. b. Only wealthy states comply with international treaties. c. Leaders pay a high price for violating their international commitments. d. Leaders pay a high price for signaling their willingness to join international treaties.
According to the liberal perspective, which of the following is true about institutions?
a. They increase efficiency and control by regularizing international contacts and communications. b. They always have some physical organization or location. c. They cannot shape the interests and identity of states. d. They are controlled by a few powerful governments.