During the ______ stage of policy making, legislators rely on policy analysts to develop and study possible policy alternatives for them to consider.
A. legitimation
B. agenda-setting
C. policy formulation
D. program evaluation
C. policy formulation
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Human diversity is the source of all political conflict
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to standpoint feminists, the gender gap is a result of
a. differences in masculine and feminine roles. b. differences in education and income. c. differences in the representation of women in government. d. differences in the biological essences of man and woman.
The Marshall Court refuted the power of state courts to interpret and apply the Constitution in ways that conflicted with the Supreme Court’s own interpretations, therefore
a. their ruling has no bearing on the state governments. b. the ruling only applies to an agency or official of the federal government. c. the supremacy clause applies only to the Constitution and not to Supreme Court actions. d. that ruling may be overridden by a state’s supreme court. e. the Constitution assumed its status as the uniform governing law of all the states.
When researchers study federalism in practice (de facto federalism), what measure do they use to estimate how centralized a country is?
A. The effective number of parties. B. The central government’s share of tax revenue. C. The number of regional subunits in the country.