What term refers to Germany’s mobilization plan that called for an attack on France first by way of Belgium followed by an attack on Russia?

a. Cult of the Offensive
b. Zollverein
c. Schlieffen Plan
d. Blitzkrieg


c. Schlieffen Plan

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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right under substantive due process?

a. Contraception c. Child rearing b. Health care d. Education

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Given the preference orderings listed below, what would the result be of a pair-wise contest between the spending choices medical and tax cut?

Imagine that three city council members are trying to decide how to spend a surplus.The options currently being debated are (i) spend it on improving primary education in the municipality, (ii) spend it on improving the level of medical care offered by the local hospital, or (iii) lower local taxes and use the surplus to cover the costs of existing programs.The council employs majority rule to make its decisions.The councillors have the following preference orderings over the spending choices:



Assume that the councillors hold a round-robin tournament that pits each alternative against every other alternative in a series of pair-wise votes.The winner is the alternative that wins the most contests.

A. education
B. medical
C. tax cut
D. it would be a tie

Political Science

The trend since the 1980s toward increasing reliance on non-governmental firms to provide public services is called:

A. comparable worth. B. management by objectives. C. program termination. D. privatization.

Political Science

"Stare decisis" refers to the

A) principle of precedent. B) process of judicial review. C) friend of the court concept. D) court of jurisdiction. E) adversary process.

Political Science