The increase in __________ threatens the viability of the intergenerational system for funding Social Security
a. birthrates
b. life expectancy
c. social insurance taxes
d. the size of the working population
b
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Proportional representation systems use ________, in which more than one person is elected within each electoral constituency
A. theocratic systems B. single-member districts C. multi-member districts D. majoritarian systems E. pluralitarian systems
Which theory says that the necessities involved in managing an organization inevitably become concentrated in the hands of a few bureaucrats, who then wield true power in the organization?
a. Political apathy b. Low-information rationality c. Elitist theory of democracy d. Iron law of oligarchy e. Political efficacy
The Thirty Years' War was a hybrid in the sense that
a. it involved a decline in nationalism but a rise of the territorial state. b. it was a war partly of both feudalism and the territorial state. c. it was the last of the major wars fought over religion and one of the first based in large part on nationalist forces. d. it fragmented political units but brought about conditions for the modern state system. e. it improved the control of absolutist monarchies but planted the seeds for the rise of parliaments and democratic governments.
A president's policy initiatives are significantly more successful when the president
A. is in office when the economy goes bad, which creates a demand for stronger leadership. B. has the strong support of the American people. C. is a former member of Congress. D. is on good terms with other world leaders. E. None of these answers is correct.