Networks of experts who bring their knowledge and expertise to the political arena to help policymakers understand problems, generate possible solutions, and evaluate policies are called ______.

a. nation communities
b. epistemic communities
c. transnational communities
d. track I communities


b. epistemic communities

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The paradox of participation is best illustrated by which statement?

a. It is rare for an election to be decided by a single vote. b. Incumbents have a high reelection rate. c. Latino voter turnout remains at a low level. d. Few Americans contribute money to political campaigns. e. African-American partisanship switched to Democrats.

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What outcome resulted from most of the 370 treaties entered into between Native American tribes and the federal government between 1778 and 1870?

A. The federal government reneged on its promises, and the tribes received no land. B. The tribes received access to land. C. The tribes and the federal government reached financial settlements. D. The tribes sued the federal government for increased lands and often won. E. The tribes were granted resource and occupancy rights, but not land.

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Whose corruption did the cartoons of Thomas Nast expose?

What will be an ideal response?

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In order to cope with the difficulty of firing federal bureaucrats, managers often

A. promote the workers out of their offices. B. refuse to accept transfers from other agencies. C. give them higher-profile jobs so that failure will be obvious. D. suspend civil workers rather than firing them. E. None of these are correct.

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