When agencies tasked with regulating businesses, industries, or other interest groups are populated by individuals with close ties to the very firms that they are supposed to regulate, it is described as ______.
a. inside lobbying
b. purposive lobbying
c. agency capture
d. executive collusion
c. agency capture
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How have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan affected America's power in the world?
a. They have depleted U.S. resources and left America economically weakened. b. They have depleted U.S. resources, but increased the prestige of America in the world. c. They have increased America's military power by demonstrating the willingness of the United States to preemptively fight perceived enemies to the American way of life. d. They have made the United States stronger by reducing the threat of terrorism.
Ballot initiatives are used by the federal government and by all fifty state governments
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following best describes issue-advocacy NGOs?
a. They often have celebrities to represent their causes and gain political attention. b. They are relatively weak on issues that involve military security. c. They have more success persuading governments to inaction than they do making major policy changes. d. All of these are true.
______ is the central problem of political societies who must determine who has it and how it is distributed.
a. Power b. Structure c. Bureaucracy d. Organization