Which of the following has NOT been a factor in the growth of interest groups?
a. Economic specialization
b. An aging population
c. The success of established interest groups
d. Federalism
e. Separation of powers
Answer: B
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Modern national party conventions primarily serve what ends?
a. They assemble delegates who will be assessed for their future political potential based on their writing of a largely inconsequential party platform. b. They create a positive party image and mobilize supporters for the nominee who has basically already been decided. c. They deliberate on the party's choices for presidential and vice presidential nominees. d. They hold elections to determine the new party leaders.
Aristotle was concerned that democracy could degenerate or pervert itself into a form of government in which
A) a few leaders take over by means of military power or membership in a single political party. B) government behaves much as a selfish mob, reacting without reflection and jumping to conclusions without due deliberation. C) people would have to spend their entire lives attending meetings, debating, and voting in order to consider and decide all the questions that come up for their consideration and no work would get done, causing economic collapse. D) people would delegate power to representatives to make government decisions. E) leaders were chosen by virtue of their birth into popular families.
Ronald Reagan preferred to use block grants instead of categorical grants because
A) they gave the states more autonomy. B) such grants allowed for more federal control over federal funds. C) categorical grants gave too much power to the states. D) he opposed the use of general revenue sharing. E) all of the above
Political culture changes only slowly
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.