Which of the following was demonstrated in Dahl's pluralist study of New Haven?
A. Elites controlled the decision-making process in private.
B. Many individuals and groups exercised influence at different times and on different issues.
C. Organized group activity was insignificant.
D. No dispersal of community power was experienced.
B
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The topics that get the most coverage in the news media at any point in time are the same ones that most people tell pollsters are the most important problems facing the country. What is this effect called?
a. investigative journalism b. agenda setting c. agenda deconstruction d. political structuring
In _____, the Supreme Court held that a local aircraft noise-abatement ordinance was preempted by the federal Noise Control Act of 1972, even though the Act contained no specific preemptive language and there was no evidence that the ordinance placed a heavy burden on interstate commerce
a. Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal (1973) b. Nantahala Power and Light Company v. Thornburg (1986) c. Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) d. California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1990)
Groups of like-minded people who band together in an attempt to take control of government and who represent the primary connection between ordinary citizens and the public officials they elect are called
A) political parties. B) community groups. C) Political Action Committees. D) state legislatures. E) interest groups.
Which attempt to ban weapons provides the least support for the potential of disarmament?
a. 1970 Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons b. 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention c. 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty d. 1972 Biological Weapons Convention e. 1817 Rush-Bagot Treaty