How can the development of interest groups in our political system be traced back to the early history of the Republic and the Framers of the Constitution?
Answer:
An ideal response will:
1. Explain how the founders worried about factions and how to balance liberty with the prevention of tyranny.
2. Include James Madison's ideas about the sources of factions (unequal distribution of property) and a summary of his definition of factions.
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a. simple majority b. two-thirds c. three-fourths d. unanimous
A group in Boston calling themselves the Sons of Liberty protested taxation by
A) hanging the tax collector in effigy. B) looting the home of the lieutenant governor. C) looting the home of the tax collector. D) enforcing the Stamp Act Congress resolutions. E) all of the above
French observer Alexis de Tocqueville considered _____ to be America's first political institution
a. state legislatures b. governors c. state courts d. religion
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Authoritarian regimes do not hold elections. 2. The “Arab Spring” in 2011 replaced democratic regimes with authoritarian ones in Tunisia and Egypt. 3. Civil society refers to an organized activity to pursue common interests by groups larger than the family. 4. In comparative politics, researchers do not use single-case studies. 5. Empirical theory describes what ought to occur; normative theory describes what actually occurs.