What promotes party cohesion in contemporary American politics?
a. campaign organization
b. likemindedness
c. party discipline
d. the news media
Answer: b
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The amendment process was created in direct response to how difficult it was to a. amend the Articles of Confederation. b. have a majority of representatives present to vote
c. maintain a certain degree of flexibility in interpreting the Constitution. d. engage the elite in the political process.
"Groupthink" tends to occur when
a. persons in the group feel vulnerable. b. group members view outsiders as potential allies. c. members of the group feel themselves to be more moral than persons in other groups. d. the group is heterogeneous and fragmented.
What is the United States' strongest card when it comes to continued economic success, according to Subramanian?
a. a large military b. a large population c. many trading partners d. its entrepreneurial culture e. a good educational system
Gilpin argues that unlike wealth, power cannot be quantified because _________
a. we do not have a theoretical unit to measure the amount of force applied by one state to another b. it has a significant psychological component c. a state's power is, in practice, impossible to determine d. a state's power is measured relative to other states, not in absolute terms