What is the difference between compellence and deterrence? Give an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
deterrence as using threats to prevent a target state from doing something you think they would otherwise do and compellence as using threats in order to force a state to do something you think they would not otherwise do. Assured destruction is one example of deterrence. The Bush administration tried compellence with Saddam Hussein over Kuwait.
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Governmental growth during the twentieth century may be attributed to all BUT WHICH of the following?
a. World War I and World War II b. the Great Depression c. massive immigration d. Great Society programs
American political parties are decentralized for which reason?
A. Americans resist party efforts to become more centralized. B. It is easier for the media to cover decentralized parties. C. U.S. party organizations control the nomination process. D. States write the laws that dictate party structure
An underlying assumption of the text is that perfect freedom, order, and equality can never be achieved because
a. no government structure is perfectly designed. b. some political officials will always be corrupt or incompetent. c. these three values are inherently in conflict and cannot be provided simultaneously. d. these three terms refer essentially to the same thing. e. upper-class citizens do not want parity with lower- class citizens.
The reason that many states and localities have become involved in environmental policy is ______.
a. potential economic benefits b. federal programs c. federal inaction d. rising skepticism among Republicans