Of all the countries considered in this book, Mexico has one of the weakest bureaucracies, especially when it comes to making policy. That is largely the case because the

a. bureaucracy is very small.
b. bureaucrats are poorly educated.
c. bureaucrats have few resources.
d. system is a federal one.
e. president used bureaucratic positions for patronage.


e

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In Perpetual Peace, Immanuel Kant outlined the basis of the theory of democratic peace, which states that

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