The Kyoto Protocol, which the U.S. Congress did not ratify, focused on which of the following?
a. Alternative energy
b. Nuclear weapons proliferation
c. Population control
d. Global warming
d. Global warming
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Public policy consists of all the authoritative public decisions that governments make— – the outputs of the political system
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following individuals would you expect to be most active politically?
a. a 20-year-old college student b. a 50-year-old college professor c. a 30-year-old secretary d. an 80-year-old retiree e. an 18-year-old high-school senior
The isolationist orientation of American foreign policy had all of these important practical considerations except
a. the United States had leaders that were inexperienced in foreign policy so it was prudent to adopt isolationist policies. b. the United States was separated geographically from the main areas of international politics and the rest of the world, making isolationism natural. c. United States was young and weak with a small army and a large land mass, so avoiding conflicts with other nations made sense. d. forging a sense of nationalism was more important than entangling foreign policy to ensure domestic unity. e. the task of settling and modernizing America was hard enough to warrant adopting an isolationist orientation.
The notion that politicians think practically and political scientists think abstractly is indicative of which of the following?
A) Political scientists often train politicians. B) Politicians often train political scientists. C)Political scientists and politicians are different in that the former studies the latter. D) Political scientists and politicians are often indistinguishable.