How does the White House staff differ from the president's Cabinet?
a. The White House staff has greater access to and more influence on the president than the Cabinet.
b. The Cabinet has more access to the president than the White House staff.
c. The President can fire the White House staff but only Congress can dismiss a member of the Cabinet.
d. Members of the Cabinet are political experts well-versed in poll ratings and focused on the president's historical legacy.
a
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The main weakness of the case study method in comparative
political analysis is that: a. it does not offer detail and depth. b. it is difficult to find appropriate case studies. c. it requires the researcher to be fluent in the language of the country being studied. d. it allows researchers to be confident about their results for the country they studied, but not to generalize beyond it with any assurance.
The idea of the separation of church and state was coined by __________, who was referring to __________.
A. Benjamin Franklin; the free exercise clause of the First Amendment B. James Madison; the free exercise clause of the First Amendment C. James Madison; the establishment clause of the First Amendment D. Thomas Jefferson; the free exercise clause of the First Amendment E. Thomas Jefferson; the establishment clause of the First Amendment
In the United States, the masses are _____________________________
a. normally apathetic and ill-informed about politics and public policy. b. exhibit a surprisingly strong and universal commitment to democratic values. c. better educated and informed than elites. d. poor and uneducated citizens with no knowledge of the government.
What was unique about Manmohan Singh?
a. He was the first person to serve as prime minister who was neither the leader of his own party nor that of a ruling coalition. b. He was the only non-Congress prime minister prior to 1989. c. He was the first prime minister not to come from the Nehru–Gandhi dynasty. d. He was the first prime minister to be assassinated by his own bodyguards. e. He was the first prime minister to seek normalization with Pakistan.