aristocracy
What will be an ideal response?
rule by the "best"; in reality, rule by an upper class
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a. an organization dedicated to a common global goal. b. a humanitarian NGO. c. a company with headquarters operations in multiple locations. d. a company with sales and production present in more than one country.
In 2011, more than one thousand demonstrators including leading environmentalist Bill McKibben were arrested for sitting for two weeks in front of the White House to express opposition to the Keystone Pipeline permit. Their actions are a form of
a. aggressive participation. b. violent participation. c. civil disobedience. d. social responsibility. e. nonviolent resistance.
In order to remove an appointee, the governor provides which of the following opportunities along with a clear-cut statement of charges?
A. open hearing to the employee to be ousted B. investigation by a private agency C. judicial review D. study by the legislative bureaucratic subcommittee
Noblesse oblige suggests that
a. social, economic, and political elites should use their position to enhance the quality of life for those less fortunate than themselves. b. individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves and that, as much as possible, families and small social organizations should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals rather than the state furnishing such protections. c. the market is the best way to allocate resources and generate wealth but not to distribute such wealth. d. government involvement in the protection of groups or leveling of the economic playing field should be discouraged. e. strengthening traditional social attitudes is an effective way to immunize countries from the corrupting cultural influences of Western-led globalization.