Modern presidents deal with an opposition Congress using vetoes and threats but also by
a. declaring a state of national emergency.
b. appointing a friendly Speaker of the House of Representatives and seeking allies to occupy positions of leadership in the Senate.
c. pulling decisions into the White House through executive orders, centralized administration, and broad assertions of executive privilege.
d. ensuring the Senate overrides any order issued by the House.
c. pulling decisions into the White House through executive orders, centralized administration, and broad assertions of executive privilege.
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a. October 1 through September 30 b. June 1 through May 31. c. January 1 through December 31 d. July 1 through June 30.
Which of the following is an example of a "mirror image" as an implication of cognitive balance?
A. the United States using the Munich analogy to rule out appeasement as an option in Vietnam B. the United States finding it difficult to admit failures in Vietnam after sending half a million troops there C. India blaming Pakistan for aggressively building nuclear weapons to justify its own nuclear activities D. the National Security Council selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the freedom of American hostages held in Lebanon in the mid-1980s
Fearon contends that the 1939 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union occurred because Finland refused to cede some islands to the Soviet Union
Stalin wanted these islands to help defend the Soviet Union against a European enemy, but the Finns did not think they could trust Stalin not to push for more. In Fearon's view, Stalin's predicament is an example of __________. a. an inability to commit b. appeasement c. withholding private information d. misperception
Which of the following is a compelling strategic reason for a group to prefer national policy to state policy?
a. The costs of the policy are always better hidden from the public at the national level. b. The national arena may be the only place in which it can hope to prevail. c. The costs of the policy are always more obvious to the public at the national level. d. Congress makes laws very quickly.