Public policy can be defined as a(n) ______.

a. government plan of action to solve a social problem
b. ruling made by the Supreme Court that addresses a social problem
c. agreement between the president and Congress to take a certain course of action
d. government plan of action passed only by legislatures
e. partisan compromise on some issue


a. government plan of action to solve a social problem

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a. Cuba. b. Iraq. c. South Africa. d. Bosnia and Serbia. e. China.

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In its 2013 Shelby v. Alabama decision about voting rights, the Supreme Court

A. found unconstitutional a portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. B. ordered the Justice Department to send more voting monitors to several southern states. C. determined that all House of Representatives district boundaries must be approved by a federal judge. D. determined that no citizen shall be required to produce identification in order to vote. E. found unconstitutional the entirety of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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An acquaintance of yours is female, 23 years old, a recent college graduate, and a Republican who attends church weekly

Use the opinion "abortion should be legal throughout pregnancy as a matter of choice" to illustrate the idea of crosscutting cleavages and intersectionality for this individual. What will be an ideal response?

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How do the views of right-wing political groups differ from those of the vice president of the European Commission when it comes to the future direction of the European Union (EU)?

a. Right-wing groups want to diminish the power of the EU; the vice president wants to strengthen the cohesion of EU members. b. Right-wing groups want to increase membership in the EU; the vice president wants to exclude the United Kingdom from the EU. c. Right-wing groups want more liberal migration policies within the EU; the vice president wants to reduce the number of immigrants arriving in the EU from abroad. d. Right-wing groups want a more rigidly enforced fiscal policy for EU members; the vice president wants to eliminate the single currency within the EU.

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