What makes politics so difficult to define?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Politics is a word that is so clouded with personal opinions and potentially conflicting examples that it defies a precise and complete description.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements best describes the process of logrolling?
a. Legislators may choose to link several smaller pieces of legislation together to make a positive vote more appealing to a larger group of legislators. b. Legislators may vote in favor of a piece of legislation for future electoral benefits. c. Legislators may vote in support of legislation that will receive enough overriding votes in the case of a presidential veto. d. Legislators may vote in favor of one piece of legislation in exchange for support for their own legislation some time in the future.
In which of the following scenarios is the World Trade Organization likely to rule that democratic legislation is a violation of international trade rules?
a. A legislature votes to ban a foreign product that has been proven to damage the health of consumers. b. A legislature votes to grant subsidies to domestic industries that have been damaged by international competition. c. A legislature votes to prohibit imports from foreign companies thathave lower environmental standards than domestic companies. d. A legislature votes to prohibit foreign investment in countries with a proven record of human rights violations.
The process by which we learn our political orientations and allegiances is called political socialization.
a. true b. false