The "Tragedy of the Commons" occurs because
a. there are so few commons left in the world.
b. the ocean, our largest commons, is increasingly owned by individual states.
c. people tend to overuse a commons.
d. people protect the commons, and this leads to the overuse of private areas.
e. too much attention is being paid to commons rather than more important issues.
C
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How does partisanship influence the general election?
a. Partisanship depresses independent voter turnout. b. Partisanship increases total voter turnout. c. Partisanship increases contention with third parties. d. Partisanship is highly stable in determining political behavior. e. Partisanship is highly subjective in determining political behavior.
The greatest importance of standing committees is that they ______.
a. permit the leadership to control the legislative process b. control the influence of lobbyists on the legislative process c. are so powerful because they scrutinize, hold hearings on, amend, and often kill legislation d. give the president more power in the legislative process than he would have otherwise
Opposition to the __________ was led by Phyllis Schlafly, a prominent spokesperson for conservative causes
Answer:
The election of 1932 was significant in that
A. all of the above occurred. B. the two major parties appeared to switch ideological orientations C. the Democratic Party changed, embracing the role that the federal government could play to create economic stability D. the Republican Party became the party of limited federal government and fiscal conservatism.