Which of the following illustrates an operational measure of the safety of a community?
A. index crime rates, such as violent and property crimes
B. automobile crashes per capita
C. how safe residents report that they feel on a survey
D. all of these
D. all of these
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Key Concept Quiz
How broadly do the citizens of recently established (formerly Communist) democracies in Central and Eastern Europe support democratic values when compared to the citizens of established democracies, including the United States and Western Europe?
a. People in all the recent democracies are far less likely to support democratic values. b. Citizens of some post-communist nations, such as the Czech Republic and Poland are more likely to support democratic values than Americans or West Germans are. c. Except for Russians and East Germans, Eastern and Central Europeans express about the same level of support for democratic values as Americans do. d. Citizens of some Eastern and Central European nations support democratic values at about the same rate as Americans and West Europeans, but other formerly Communist nations lag well behind.
The bureaucratic view of political elites, which argues that appointed officials dominate government, is associated with
A. Karl Marx. B. C. Wright Mills. C. Max Weber. D. David B. Truman. E. Robert Dahl.
Which thinker had a dark view of human nature, believing that humanity without a civil society would be "war of all against all"?
a. Machiavelli b. Hobbes c. Locke d. Rousseau