A country that is pursuing protectionist policies wants to __________
a. expand its sovereignty
b. prevent foreign invasion
c. participate in military alliances
d. strengthen its domestic economy
d
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This sociologist, who was the first to formulate our current understanding of the culture war, defined the United States has having two culture classes: orthodox and progressive.
A. James D. Hunter B. Max Weber C. Karl Marx D. Bill O'Reilly E. Samuel Huntington
All 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution have resulted from a process of ratification by
a. a simple majority in both chambers of Congress. b. two-thirds of each chamber of Congress as well as passage by three-quarters of the states. c. two-thirds of each chamber in Congress as well as passage by a simple majority of the states. d. two-thirds of each chamber of Congress as well as the approval of a simple majority of the electorate in a national referendum. e. a plurality of the electorate in a national referendum.
The Pendelton Act helped usher in a new era of
a. patronage. b. cooperation between bureaucrats and members of Congress. c. cooperation between federal bureaucrats and their counterparts at the state/local levels. d. civil service. e. regulation of interstate commerce.
Which of the outcomes, if any, is a Condorcet winner?
Imagine that three city council members are trying to decide how to spend a surplus.The options currently being debated are (i) spend it on improving primary education in the municipality, (ii) spend it on improving the level of medical care offered by the local hospital, or (iii) lower local taxes and use the surplus to cover the costs of existing programs.The council employs majority rule to make its decisions.The councillors have the following preference orderings over the spending choices:
Assume that the councillors hold a round-robin tournament that pits each alternative against every other alternative in a series of pair-wise votes.The winner is the alternative that wins the most contests.
A. education
B. medical
C. tax cut
D. there is no Condorcet winner in this example