The activities that seek to affect the composition, power, and actions of government are known as _______
a. opportunism
b. civics
c. public affairs
d. politics
d
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Which of the following statements about India's Supreme Court is CORRECT?
a. It has been successful in challenging the national but not state governments. b. It has been successful in challenging the parliament but not the executive. c. Its members are appointed by the prime minister for life. d. It has a significant backlog of cases due to its heavy workload. e. It does not have the power of judicial review but does have the power to rule on the legality of regulatory matters.
When sociologists discuss power structures in the United States, which models represent the power elite?
The pluralist model, in which many competing groups have access to government so that no single group is dominant Domhoff's model, in which three interest groups overlap but do not necessarily agree on specific policies Mills's pyramid model, in which the corporate rich are on top and the exploited masses are on the bottom The democratic model, in which all citizens express their power through voting
Why does the United States have a relatively restrained scope of government compared to most European nations?
a. the predominance of conservatives in the United States b. the predominance of liberals in the United States c. the absence of moderates in the United States d. the absence of pluralist thinking in the United States
The largest contributors of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere are ________.
a. the United States and India b. Russia and China c. the United States and China d. India and China