All of the following are true of pork barrel projects EXCEPT
a. typically they are public works and economic development ventures whose benefits accrue largely to aspecifically defined geographic area
b. legislative leaders shower the districts of their electorally threatened co-partisans with them in hopes ofavoiding a party switch in those districts.
c. legislators believe they will help their chances of winning reelection.
d. conservative legislators who are ideologically opposed to government spending always shun such projects fortheir districts.
d
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a. liberal, moderate, and conservative b. self-centered, self-sacrificing, and self-effacing c. individualistic, moralistic, and traditionalistic d. modern, post-modern, and millennial
"A public institution with authority to formulate, adopt, implement, and enforce public policies for a society" defines
A) politics. B) public policy. C) government. D) justice.
A common law system differs from a code law system in that in a common law system judges take into consideration
a. international law b. only the law as written c. subnational law d. previous court cases.
Spending for programs and policies at the choice of Congress and the president is best described as ______.
a. mandatory expenditures b. fiscal policy c. discretionary spending d. economic stimulus