What is the major flaw in personalistic parties, such as Putin's Unity Party?
A) They allow constituents to become too familiar with candidates, discouraging them from
voting for anyone else.
B) They rigidly entrench themselves in the nation's politics, often creating policies that last long
beyond their applicability.
C) They are disingenuous and usually fail under close media scrutiny.
D) They often serve merely as tools to elect a specific candidate and represent no official
ideology.
D
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The scientific policy studies approach to understanding public policymaking has three basic aims. Which of the following is NOT one of those aims?
a. to identify or prescribe "good" or proper policy b. to develop reliable theories and explanations about public policies and their politics c. to explain the adoption of a policy d. to search for the causes and consequences of public policies by applying social-scientific methodology
What two features of effective democracy were instituted by the town meeting?
a. majority rule and an organized opposition b. self-government and constitutionalism c. self-government and an organized opposition d. equality and majority rule e. majority rule and self-government.
Liberal theorists believe that coercive diplomacy tactics often end up escalating violence in war, and states should instead attempt diplomatic negotiations to solve conflicts
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
On which of the following issues has public opinion grown more conservative in recent years?
a. Law and order issues b. Gay and lesbian rights c. Civil rights for African Americans d. Civil rights for Hispanic Americans e. Women's rights