Which of the following is true about opinion leaders?
a. They are limited to the media elite who tell individuals how they should think.
b. They pay close attention to political issues and from them the uninformed take cues.
c. They are those who agree with the majority.
d. They are politicians who are able to gauge public opinion without using polls.
b. They pay close attention to political issues and from them the uninformed take cues.
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a. Yugoslavia b. Sudan c. Rwanda d. Zimbabwe
Congress generally encourages __________ as a means of getting information and controlling the bureaucracy
a. continual resolutions b. increased regulation c. outsourcing d. whistle-blowing
An important conclusion in this chapter focuses on the changes in power and control by the state. This conclusion can be summed up as
a. the state's loss of control over globalization. b. the regaining of control by the state over globalization. c. the ability of the state to assert itself through market barriers. d. an uneasy truce between the forces of globalization and the state.
What is the primary motivator for David Truman's disturbance theory of interest group formation?
a. radical leadership b. threat perception c. social tension d. poverty