What problem did economist Mancur Olson identify that passivity on the part of individuals who benefit from the work of activists but who do not join it or support it in any way?
a. the societal cost problem
b. anomie
c. freebooters
d. the free-rider problem
d
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Most newspapers in late-eighteenth-century Texas __________.
A. promoted a pro-business agenda B. promoted a pro-labor agenda C. promoted a pro-farmer agenda D. promoted a pro-Union agenda
Collective security differs from balance-of-power theory because it
a. depends on a system of flexible alliances and counter-alliances. b. creates an international organization to organize military responses to aggression. c. abolishes state sovereignty. d. relies on ad hoc security agreements.
A Populist would support which of the following viewpoints?
a. In a democracy power is concentrated among the elite at the expense of ordinary people. b. Individuals have no right to control the political aspects of their lives. c. Most forms of democracy tend to meet the needs of ordinary people before those of the elite. d. Group membership has historically hampered the political efforts of ordinary people. e. Average citizens serve no important political role beyond choosing their leaders.
Identify to governmental factors that affect U.S. policymaking.
What will be an ideal response?