An attempt to see to it that a public-sector office has employees whose gender, ethnicity, age, and other demographic characteristics reflect the characteristics of the population the office serves would be an example of
a. objective responsibility.
b. subjective responsibility.
c. representative bureaucracy.
d. participatory decision making.
c
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Which political era (1824–1854) was marked with the expansion of democratic rights and started the trend away from political appointments and toward the use of elections to select public officials?
a. Jacksonian democracy b. Jeffersonian democracy c. The golden democratic d. The enlightenment e. None of the above
According to the United Nations, by the early months of 2013, the number of Syrian refugees had climbed to 1 million
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The event that brought a population surge to California in the early 1850s was
a. the opening of the Panama Canal. b. completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad. c. the Gold Rush. d. a peace treaty with Mexico.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Firearms are used far more often in self-defense than to commit crime or violent offense 2. In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional in its entirety 3. Studies have consistently found that the death penalty does deter crime. 4. Mandatory Minimum Sentences are mostly applied to drug- and gun-related offenses 5. One of the major criticism against the US Criminal Justice system is that it has been overusing imprisonment for nonviolent drug offenses