Which of the following is a political linkage that can be used to understand why poverty in the United States only barely declined during recent periods of strong economic growth?
a. Poor people have little initiative, even in good economic times.
b. Religious organizations typically cut back their charity programs during good economic times.
c. Public opinion opposes government programs that seem to redistribute income.
d. The national government has not created major programs to eliminate poverty.
c
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a. cooperation between interest groups and legislators for a given public policy issue b. gridlock in the policymaking process as the result of interest group participation c. efforts to influence the decisions of government d. contributions to the campaign committees of candidates for office
Recall one unstated but important function of alternation in power
A) The guarantee of economic growth B) An inherently peaceful turnover of power C) Control of corruption D) The encouraging of civil disobedience
Early empirical science was submerged until
A) the French Revolution. B) its rescue by Socrates and Plato. C) the late Renaissance. D) the Magna Carta.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.