If a government institutes a voluntary program to encourage people to use unleaded gasoline, some people will not do so, and they take advantage of others' efforts. This illustrates an example of

A. the prisoner's dilemma.
B. the bureaucratic inertia problem.
C. the political paradox problem.
D. the collective action problem.


D.

Political Science

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Business and trade groups are influential because of which of the following reasons?

a. They frequently support third-party candidates. b. There are not very many of these types of groups. c. They are well financed. d. They rarely challenge the government. e. They do not use lobbyists.

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Public administrators are involved only in the implementation stage of the policy process

a. True b. False

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Women gained the right to vote in Texas in 1896, well before the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted this right to all women in the country

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Political Science

Which of the following is sometimes not considered a religion because of its lack of formal structure and organized worship?

a. Islam b. Confucianism c. Christianity d. Judaism e. Hinduism

Political Science