Many interest groups face the ______ when recruiting members who can gain the benefits of their activities whether or not they join.
a. free rider problem
b. public goods dilemma
c. limited incentives problem
d. imperceptible threat paradox
e. iron law of oligarchy
a. free rider problem
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All of the following were federal actions before the Civil War to protect slavery in some way EXCEPT the
a. Wilmot Proviso. b. Fugitive Slave Act. c. Missouri Compromise. d. Compromise of 1850. e. None of the Above
In ______________, a case involving members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Supreme Court held unconstitutional a city council's denial of a permit to the Jehovah's Witnesses to use the city park for a public meeting
a. Brown v. Pena (1977) b. Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) c. Niemotko v. Maryland (1951) d. None of the above is true.
Which of the following probably has the MOST bearing on who wins a presidential election?
a. the current state of the economy b. the state of foreign affairs c. which candidate has aired the most ads d. which candidate is backed by unions
A consequence of creative federalism was
a. a decrease in the size of the federal bureaucracy. b. that Americans began to rely upon state government to resolve their problems. c. that groups which had historically been either neglected or abused by state and local governments continued to be denied access to the policy-making process. d. an increase in the size of the federal bureaucracy. e. to undermine the federal system in the United States.