When agencies tasked with regulating businesses, industries, or other interest groups are populated by individuals with close ties to the very firms that they are supposed to regulate, it is defined as ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
agency capture
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A positive consequence of the plural executive system is consistency and teamwork
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
During the New Federalism II phase of federalism, Republicans in Congress attempted to give more power and flexibility to:
A. the federal government. B. state governments. C. local governments. D. unitary governments.
In the New System, the critical questions surrounding new proposals have focused on
A. legitimacy. B. transparency. C. duplication. D. effectiveness. E. justiciability.
The term whip, as it refers to one of the chief party leaders in Congress, comes from ______.
A. the colonial governance system, where those who voted against their parties were subjected to public whippings by a party officer B. the French parliament, where an early party activist who counted votes for the party was famous for his puffed, or whipped, pastries C. Great Britain, where the "whipper-in" keeps the hounds together in a pack during a foxhunt D. the Russian Duma, where early leaders who kept the party in line were fascinated with French culture and known for bringing whipped pastries to meetings