In the 1970s, when an Ethiopian revolution spurred the new government to seek help from the Soviets, the U.S. put its support behind Somalia, and the two superpowers often fought for position in the global South. This is an example of a(n) __________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Answer: proxy war
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The exclusionary rule is a policy that
A. forbids the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial. B. prohibits the arresting officer from serving as a character witness at a hearing or trial. C. prohibits the detention of a suspect for more than forty-eight hours without the suspect being charged. D. is limited to the federal courts. E. None of these choices is true.
The United States retains a dominant __________ position in the scheme of international politics
a. moral b. economic c. military d. judiciary
The most common budgetary behaviors at the state level include all of the following EXCEPT which?
A. Agency heads consistently request higher funds. B. Governors' budget staffers consistently reduce agency requests. C. The governor consistently wants a balanced budget with higher expenditure levels. D. Legislatures always reject higher appropriations.
What German thinker argued that any organization, no matter how democratic its intent, ends up run by a small elite?
A) Thomas Hobbes B) Robert Michels C) C. Wright Mills D) Robert Dahl