Political decision-making by the entire citizenry is called
A. authoritarianism.
B. representative democracy.
C. majority rule.
D. direct democracy.
E. minority rights.
Answer: D
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Outer-directed linkage refers to situations in which
a. external factors influence domestic policies. b. domestic factors shape foreign policy. c. policies affect one another. d. economic factors affect social policy. e. domestic factors shape domestic policy.
The international agreement on reducing carbon dioxide emissions is known as the
A) Kyoto Regime. B) Doha Round. C) Kyoto Protocol. D) Uruguay Regime.
In efforts to reform negative advertising, a. many newspapers and websites report regularly on the content, presentation, and relative accuracy ofcampaign advertising
b. some candidates intimidated major newspapers by taking them to court. c. political parties have created fair campaign practices panels to pass judgment on campaign ads. d. the Democratic Party has brought court action against Republican candidates in four states for defamation ofcharacter of their candidates.
According to campaign scholars, the more attention traditional news outlets pay to a political candidate's (such as Donald Trump's) Twitter activity,
A) the better he/she will do. B) the more scrutiny will be paid to what degree the candidate tells the truth. C) the less seriously the candidate will be taken by the voters. D) the more money the candidate will have to spend on campaign ads to get his/her message across. E) the more that person's character will be called into question.