Which of the following is true regarding short-term catalysts of regime change?
A. Acute economic crisis is the sole reason behind the collapse of a democracy.
B. Short-term factors apply to the whole pattern of regime change.
C. Crises provide catalysts that encourage citizens to mobilize against the government.
D. Short-term factors do not apply to particular cases of regime change in a country.
E. Short-term factors remain constant across countries.
C
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A) question posed in previous research literature. B) prediction of a relationship between two or more variables. C) prediction of a causal relationship. D) validation of a dependent measure.
Many saw the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as a transformation, though others considered the continuities before and after the event. What continuities led scholars to believe the 9/11 attacks were not transformational?
a. George W. Bush's statement that "Night fell on a different world" b. Trade and globalization remained largely unchanged. c. Most other conflicts, like those between Israelis and Palestinians, were resolved after the attack. d. The major powers in international politics shifted drastically.
Why was the bailout that finally passed in late 2008 significantly larger than the initial proposal of $500 million?
a. to react to the Congressional Budget Office’s revised estimates about how much money was needed b. to peel off enough of the no votes in the House so that the bill could proceed to the Senate c. to ensure that President Bush would to sign the finalized bill d. to compensate all the banks’ lobbyists for their hard and diligent work in crafting the bill
Our modern equivalent of the Scopes trial is
A) the use of genetics in medical diagnoses. B) seen in almost every domestic dispute brought to the courts. C) today's attempts to get the "intelligent design" concept into school science classes. D) the academic debates over heredity versus environment.