To facilitate the everyday administration of government, bureaucracies create and follow __________ procedures, which help to increase efficiency and uniformity of bureaucratic decision making

Fill in the blanks with correct word


standard operating

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Gridlock often occurs in American politics under which of the following circumstances?

a. when partisanship declines in the executive branch b. when different branches of government are controlled by different political parties c. when the majority of state governors are from one party and the president is from the other d. when the mainstream parties are challenged by a third party for control of the White House

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What are two reasons that elections are so much more expensive in the United States than in Western Europe?

a. constitutional protections and the size of the U.S. population b. bureaucratic inefficiency and the strength of special interest groups c. the size of U.S. territory and the strength of the federal government d. the weakness of American political parties and the decentralized nomination process

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An important aspect of representative democracy is ________

a. a class structure that lets the elite rise to the top b. periodic elections so citizens can replace those whose views no longer reflect the views of the majority c. elections that limit competition so that citizens aren't confused by too many choices d. control over a candidate's message so that he or she doesn't mislead the people

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Leaders of countries with different regime types will still have the same outlook on public policy.

a. True b. False

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