What is a public interest lobby?
a. a group that conducts research and analysis on public policy issues
b. a group that expresses its political views publicly
c. a group that believes it is working to benefit society as a whole
d. a group that represents workers within a particular industry.
c
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Approximately _________ percent of the nation's college students attend public institutions of higher education
A. 33 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80 E. 95
Why, according to deterrence skeptics, is nuclear terrorism of minimal concern?
a. Nuclear weapons are actually of little use to terrorist groups. b. It is in all states' interests to keep nuclear material out of terrorist hands. c. Terrorist groups are incapable of building or acquiring a nuclear weapon. d.The actual number of nuclear weapons is so small that the probability of a terrorist group obtaining one is almost zero.
V. O. Key in Southern Politics concluded that bifactionalism in the Democratic Party left Texas with __________
a. a one-party system in which Democratic dominance continued through an informal agreement between liberal and conservative Democrats to alternate support for one another's candidates in gubernatorial elections b. no-party politics in which the influence of pressure groups was high because the lines of power were blurred c. a system of electoral politics in which independent and third-party candidates could regularly win several seats in the state legislature d. a party system immediately dominated by the Republicans
Which of the following explains interest group formation as a result of disruptive social and economic change?
a. Pluralism b. Societal corporatism c. Disturbance theory d. Protectionism e. Sub-government theory