The intentional refusal to obey a law in order to call attention to its injustice is defined as ______.
a. popular dissonance
b. civic disorder
c. civil disobedience
d. Posse Comitatus
c. civil disobedience
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Which factor contributed most to the increase in the number of deaths per war between 1300 and 1800?
a. An increase in the frequency of warfare b. The solidification of the nation-state system c. Technological innovations in weapons systems c. Population growth in the world's major powers
Which of the following represents a scenario in which the equal-time rule applies to the president?
a. The president must be equally accessible to both houses of government. b. The executive branch has equal power to the legislative and judicial branches of government. c. The opposing party in Congress gives a State of the Union rebuttal. d. The vice president is assured an equal number of public appearances.
As cited by Keck and Sikkink, what is meant by the "human rights methodology" of networks?
a. networks' attempts to campaign for popular support and new members b. networks' attempts to leverage human rights issues for their own political gain c. networks' attempts to redefine government policies in terms of abuses of human rights d. networks' attempts to uncover and investigate problems and alert the press and policy makers e. networks' framework for writing about and legislating policy issues to highlight the human rights dimension
Most proposed solutions to global warming lie in the realm of prevention because
a. no real harm has occurred yet and those that have are easily reversed by natural forces. b. the harm that has occurred cannot not be easily fixed, and focus must be on stopping more damage. c. carbon dioxide levels are easily decreased when fewer pollutants are put into the atmosphere. d. is too expensive for developing countries to lessen the pollution of their factories. e. wealthy countries wish to maintain their economic standing in the international community.