Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Public goods are, by their nature, desirable. Thus, anyone who would benefit from such a good can be expected to contribute to its provision.
2. Collective action theory indicates that individuals will automatically act collectively to achieve their goals whenever they share common interests (such as wanting to listen to NPR, protect environmental resources, or promote democracy).
3. Collective action theory suggests that minority groups may actually be more powerful than majority groups in some circumstances. This might explain why business lobbies are usually considered to be more effective at influencing political elites than trade unions are.
4. “Preference falsification” makes revolutions unpredictable and makes revolutions seem inevitable after they have occurred.
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
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Politics can be characterized as
A. the patterns of interactions between and among individuals and groups in a society. B. voting and elections, and the campaigns that are involved in those elections. C. the average level of education in a society. D. an analysis of why people become unemployed in a depressed economy.
The series of demonstrations that became known as the "Arab Spring" was an example of a protest movement that arose because of a feeling of protest
A. against economic inequality. B. against American international influence. C. against global warming. D. against authoritarian rule.
A tax deduction is
a. a reduction in taxes to zero. b. an expenditure that can be subtracted from income before figuring the taxes owed. c. the same as a tax exemption. d. a type of monetary policy. e. the amount a taxpayer pays in Social Security taxes in a given year.
A king divides his lands among his nobles thereby gaining their loyalty and support. Those nobles in turn would provide for peasants who would work the land. This is an example of
A) authoritarianism. B) democracy. C) feudalism. D) monarchy. E) nationalism.