Max Weber identified which of the following as a characteristic of an ideal bureaucracy?

a. inefficiency
b. transparency
c. consensus-making
d. task specialization


Answer: d

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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The increasing international integration of markets and technologies leading to more interdependence of people and nations is referred to as __________.

A. colonialism B. constructivism C. multilateralism D. globalization

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In the 1948 contest in which Democratic candidate Harry Truman came from far behind to defeat the Republican Thomas Dewey, voter turnout

a. was about 53 percent. b. was less than 50 percent. c. reached a record-high of nearly 70 percent. d. was extraordinarily high and continued to remain so for the next decade. e. was high, but only for members of the middle and lower classes.

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When the cost and benefits of a policy are widely distributed, they are

A. limited to a relatively small number of citizens. B. spread over many, most, or even all citizens. C. enjoyed by only one demographic. D. limited to one geographic region. E. spread over a number of states.

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