The quote "[Y]ou know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak do what they must" is taken from what text?
a. Hobbes' Leviathan
b. Machiavelli's The Prince
c. Nye's Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power
d. Sun Tzu's The Art of War
e. Thucydides' "The Melian Dialogue"
e
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Cognitive dissonance is the idea that
a. political leaders learn from previous successes and failures and adjust their behavior accordingly to maximize the likelihood of future successes. b. explains both individual political behavior and collective actions. c. assumes, short of a crisis, that government officials will make small changes to existing policy rather than start from scratch when making policy decisions. d. highlights the extent to which initial contact or experiences are filtered through past contacts or relationships with similar individuals or settings. e. people do not like to hold obviously contradictory positions, leading them to reject evidence that may run counter to their initial beliefs about a particular topic.
How did President George W. Bush propose to reform Social Security? How have President Barack Obama's proposals differed from those of his predecessor?
What will be an ideal response?
When political economists talk about fiscal policy, they are referring to all of the following EXCEPT ______.
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
Which of the following would be considered an act of public policy?
a. a law allocating millions of dollars for infrastructure across the country b. a law releasing a corporation from regulations that pertain to its industry c. a temporary surtax imposed to plug a shortfall in the budget d. a change to the route of the Amtrack trains traveling along the Eastern Seaboard