The English politician and philosopher Edmund Burke advocated the concept of legislators as __________ who use their best judgment to make policy in the interests of the people
a. delegates
b. trustees
c. partisans
d. politicos
b
You might also like to view...
ALL BUT WHICH of the following are trends that have increased international migration?
A. The end of the Cold War B. The global income gap C. Secessionist movements D. Environmental disasters E. Famines
Independent executive agencies report directly to _____, but are not part of _____
A) the president; the federal bureaucracy B) the president; a cabinet department C) Congress; the federal bureaucracy D) Congress; a cabinet department E) cabinet officers; the federal bureaucracy
A 2005 survey found that American opinion leaders
a. were divided over whether establishing a stable democracy in Iraq would succeed. b. were united in the view that the United States should remain the only military superpower. c. differ over the utility of public diplomacy to change America's image in the Middle East. d. were generally divided over whether China is a serious problem for the United States. e. Both options A and C are true.
When the moderate Iranian, Mohammed Khatami,
won the presidency his reforms were blocked because real power stayed in the hands of __________. A) insurgents B) Muslim liberals C) the religious elite D) military leaders