The impact and influence of interest groups has been overstated in state politics
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits
a. discrimination in hiring and promoting employees in the private sector. b. sexual harassment in the workplace. c. gender discrimination in programs at institutions that receive federal funds. d. females from taking jobs in the military where they are likely to see combat. e. federal dollars from being spent at all colleges that are not coed.
What is one of the reasons why consumer countries did not use more extreme measures, such as force, during the oil crisis?
a. They knew that refinery capacity and the business cycle would catch up with the glut and bring prices back down. b. They reasoned that high prices would spur minor producers to increase drilling and exploration and ultimately break the Middle East control over oil production. c. The sensitivity interdependence that led to high energy prices was regarded as good by important political actors in the consumer countries. d. Distributing oil companies redistributed reduced oil supplies to make up for the shortfall. e. Economic interdependence prevented consumer countries from taking radical actions because they had lost a measure of sovereignty over their own economic affairs.
Dr. Van Offer hired a new assistant to conduct a survey for him. During one of the research luncheon meetings, the new assistant starts to discuss information that respondents have given her
In particular, she tells about one respondent's sexual preferences and then accidentally gives the respondent's name. One of the other assistants is horrified because she is related to the respondent. Discuss three issues related to the ethical survey, including invasion of privacy, voluntary participation and misuse of surveys. What should Dr. Van Offer do? Are any of these issues related to lessons learned in Chapter 3? What will be an ideal response?
How might media managers choose to cover a story about a human rights tragedy in order to get politicians to take action?
A. Focus on matters that are of most concern to those who are not in power but rather vying for power. B. Highlight the tragedy in real time. C. Focus on stories that throw off the relative power balance between Democrats and Republicans in Washington. D. Run retrospectives on related events from the past.