In China, urban and rural protests
a. are typically directed against local targets and are often accommodated by the party-state.
b. often escalate into challenges directed against the party-state
c. have become virtually nonexistent since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
d. are routinely brutally suppressed by local authorities.
e. almost never result in any significant policy changes.
a
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a. focus on the horse-race aspects of campaigns b. focus on policy rather than scandal c. repetitious scrutiny of government actions d. extensive coverage of foreign affairs
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a. The prisoners either interact repeatedly or communicate with each other. b. The prisoners work toward common goals. c. The prisoners have more common and interdependent identities. d. The prisoners seek to maximize their gains so they don’t work together.
Which of the following documents cited the "repeated injuries and usurpations" of King George III as a reason to found a new nation?
a. The Articles of Confederation b. The Declaration of Independence c. Federalist Paper #10 d. The Intolerable Acts e. Two Treatises of Government