Concerning citizen participation, which of the following arguments was not made by the text?
A. many people seriously interested in government can be elected to some office if they do the right things and persist long enough
B. with a little luck and a lot of persistence, the average citizen can make some impact on what his or her governments do
C. many college students could, if they seriously pursued that goal for a number of years, become important political figures in some state or community
D. it is getting easier for citizens to influence the government
D
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a. little change in the villages as the indigenous people assert their right to self determination by retaining traditional ways b. visual changes resulting from the new prosperity, such as roads and new shops c. more health care facilities created to treat the increased occurrence of exhaustion among the peasant farmers who now must plant two crops of rice per year just to survive d. massive unemployment due to the lessened need for farm workers
States serve as public policy
A) laboratories. B) referendums. C) scapegoats for failed national policies. D) graveyards for too-expensive federal policies.
In a parliamentary system,
A) voters rarely choose the chief executive directly B) the chief executive often clashes with the party or coalition that controls the legislature C) elections occur at fixed intervals D) the legislature often over-rides the decision of the chief executive E) the legislature often is frozen by partisan gridlock
Which of the following agencies implements policies involving nuclear power, fossil fuels, and alternative energy sources?
A. Environmental Protection Agency B. Department of Interior C. Nuclear Regulatory Commission D. Department of Energy