The Mexican political system's traditional response to important interest groups is generally characterized as
a. pragmatic accommodation.
b. patron-clientelism.
c. hostile confrontation.
d. violent repression.
e. cautious cooperation.
a
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A. partisan politeness B. senatorial courtesy C. representative respect D. senatorial chivalry E. congressional cordiality
According to some economists, the “Great Recession” ended in
a. June 2009. b. July 2008. c. September 2009. d. June 2008.
Imagine that a scholar wants to develop a measure of preelectoral coordination among parties in democracies. If she thinks about the level of preelectoral coordination between any two parties as going from running independently at one extreme to merging into a single party at the other extreme, then is she conceptualizing preelectoral coordination in terms of a dichotomy or a continuum?
A. Dichotomy B. Continuum
What best describes a linkage institution?
a. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda b. a location to express a political opinion c. the formation of a special interest group d. an environment where one learns about the political process