Your local government has just passed an ordinance that you disagree with, so you organize your friends who feel as you do about the ordinance to write letters to council members and hold a rally at a local farmer's market to voice your concerns and beliefs. You are engaging in which of the following?
a. democracy
b. lobbying
c. grassroots activities
d. litigation
c
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When political economists talk about fiscal policy, what are they referring to?
A. The use of taxing and spending decisions to reach government goals. B. The set of government policies related to the raising of revenues through taxation. C. The set of policies accomplished through government spending. D. The manipulation of interest rates and the money supply to reach government goals. E. All of these. F. Only answers (A), (B), and (C) refer to fiscal policy.
Politicians in extreme market democracies tend to make
more appeals to _____________ than working-class people. a. middle-class voters, who make up the bulk of the population b. business and industry leaders c. wealthy people, who are more likely to turn out to vote d. low-income voters, despite stingier welfare policies
Prior to the presidential elections in 2016, the Republican primary winner Donald J. Trump had successfully established himself as a(n) _____.
A. royal brute B. anti-federalist C. submissive politician D. superdelegate E. transgressive politician
Costa Rica's Asamblea Legislativa comprises 57 members directly elected by the people. Which of the following is NOT one of its powers?
a. appoint the Prime Minister b. approve the national budget c. authorize the suspension of civil liberties d. declare war and peace e. levy taxes