At the heart of democracy lies the ability for the press to inform the people free from government interference, a role known as
A) ?watchman.
B) ?trendsetter.
C) ?opinion creator.
D) ?muckraker.
E) ?watchdog.
E
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Why does the partisan model of macroeconomic policy predict that changes in partisan control of the government will lead to predicable changes in fiscal policy?
A. It doesn’t; the partisan model of macroeconomic policy is about whether voters are extreme or moderate.Extreme voters want redistribution and moderate voters do not. B. Because it assumes that left wing parties represent voters who want more redistribution (and thus, higher levels of fiscal activity) and right-wing parties represent voters who want less redistribution.
Which of the following is not a school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence?
a. Hanafi b. Sufi c. Maliki d. Hanbali
The fusion of power in a parliamentary system is intended to ___________
a. give the executive branch absolute control over the bureaucracy b. ensure that the executive is responsible to the legislative branch c. generate a consensus-based approach among competing political parties d. make the legislative branch highly dependent upon the executive branch
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Merchants, manufacturers, and ethnic and religious minorities during the colonial era rarely sought favorable policies from the authorities in London as well as from colonial governors and assemblies. 2. Citizens who were outraged by corruption in the 19th century formed new associations to agitate for reform and succeeded in reorganizing government at all levels and rewriting the rules of electoral and party politics. 3. Under the pluralist argument, interest groups were regarded as essential and valuable participants in the democratic politics of a modern industrial society. 4. Most of the groups relying on moral incentives arose spontaneously through the actions of concerned citizens although they may receive support from charitable foundations or wealthy individuals. 5. According to one estimate, the number of lobbying organizations more than tripled between the 1960s and the 1990s; a subsequent analysis indicated a further doubling between 2000 and 2005.