What factors might account for the different impact on politics of particular interest groups within a specific country? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. An interest group's behavior and impact depend on the kinds of resources it has available and its decision to use a particular mix of those resources.
2. The objectives that interest groups pursue also matter when it comes to the impact that interest groups produce. In general, an interest group has an advantage to the extent that its objective (1) is similar to existing policy and (2) is a decision that the political system has the capacity and motivation to make.
3. Most importantly, groups' impact will depend on the political environment, which sets boundaries of acceptable behavior.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. French courts are more powerful. b. French courts are less powerful. c. U.S. courts can only rule prior to a law being passed. d. French courts can only rule after a law has been passed. e. Neither is expressly mentioned within the constitutions of the countries.
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a. inflation and unemployment b. fiscal policy and monetary policy c. private consumption and public investment d. government spending and economic growth
Media coverage of which event played a key role in ending unjust Jim Crow laws in the Southern United States?
A. 1962 riots at the University of Mississippi B. 1955 boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus line C. 1965 assassination of Malcolm X D. 1963 protests in Birmingham E. 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom