Which of the following is NOT among the criticisms of direct democracy?
A. The Progressives were overly idealistic that these mechanisms would be free from manipulations.
B. It leaves voters with insufficient information to make informed choices.
C. The wording of direct legislation can often be confusing and written in such a way as to affect a specific result.
D. The initiative process can be used to target minorities.
E. It is used when citizens feel their legislature is unresponsive.
E
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a. regulation b. adjudication c. intervention d. oversight
To exercise civil disobedience during the 1960s, civil rights activists were trained to:
A. use nonthreatening body language. B. attack when faced with clubs and police dogs. C. throw smoke bombs when dragged or assaulted. D. create havoc to draw the attention of political leaders. E. defend their actions through an advocate.
Why is the analogy of a market useful for Waltz's purposes?
a. It illustrates how an order that constrains the decisions of units can arise spontaneously and without an orderer. b. States, like markets, are subject to the law of supply and demand. c. Markets, like the international system, are subject to instability. d. Markets illustrate the importance of hierarchy, which is the ordering principle of the structure of international politics. e. The concept of the market helps capture some of the complexities of international politics.
The layer cake analogy, in which there is a clear distinction between the powers and responsibilities of the different levels of government, is most applicable to
A. cooperative federalism. B. centralized federalism. C. conflicted federalism. D. new federalism. E. dual federalism.