Why are states often more motivated to deal with, and more successful at mitigating, pollution than they are other environmental challenges?

What will be an ideal response?


Pollution is more visible than other environmental challenges, so it is easier for states to identify and control and more difficult to ignore.

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Free random assignment of participants to conditions is typically carried out by the use of

A) participants' preferences. B) a random number generator. C) researchers' preferences. D) drawing straws.

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The media influences the political socialization of younger Americans and immigrants by doing all of the following EXCEPT

A. transmitting historical information. B. presenting American culture. C. portraying diverse regions in the United States. D. portraying diverse groups in the United States. E. providing a source of neutral, factual political information.

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Who argued that people were not educated and enlightened enough to make political decisions via referenda?

a. John Stuart Mill b. Baron de Montesquieu c. Karl Marx d. Friedrich Nietzsche e. Winston Churchill

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In the past, the policy-making relationship between states and the federal government was called ______, since there was clear separation of policy responsibility between the two levels.

A. cooperative federalism B. dual federalism C. policy federalism D. bounded federalism

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