The Food First theory most specifically counters Malthus’ arguments by ______.

A. arguing that the availability of food will increase despite family sizes also increasing
B. showing that humans have been more reproductive than Malthus thought, relative to output from farms and fisheries
C. pointing to demographic transitions in which birth rates decrease as populations industrialize and urbanize
D. showing that population growth will not move in tandem with the availability of food


C. pointing to demographic transitions in which birth rates decrease as populations industrialize and urbanize

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Customarily, the members of the president's cabinet are

A. close friends. B. campaign aides. C. representatives of important constituencies. D. experts on various policy issues. E. All of these are correct.

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Which of the following is true of a society?

A. To be recognized as a valid part of the civil society, the organization must come under the purview of the state. B. When states are too weak, certain parts of society may also dominate the rest of society. C. A strong society cannot serve as a monitor and restraint on the use of coercive authority by the state. D. The idea of a society invokes political institutions rather than interests and identities. E. The duty of a society lies in accepting the directions of the state, rather than resisting state authority.

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A system in which the state brings certain interest groups into the process as junior partners in the policy-making process and often limits the range of their activities is known as

a. party corporatism. b. state corporatism. c. programmatic representation. d. societal corporatism. e. neo-corporatism.

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The national parks system was put into place by which president?

A) Woodrow Wilson B) Richard Nixon C) Franklin Roosevelt D) Theodore Roosevelt E) Abraham Lincoln

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