What role is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taking when it sets limits on air pollution from power plants?
a. regulation
b. adjudication
c. oversight
d. deliberation
a
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Which of the following statements about the political and economic standing of women in Nigeria is INCORRECT?
a. Even though they form the bulk of agricultural producers, they are prohibited from owning land. b. They are grossly underrepresented in the government. c. Women's groups generally appeared earlier in southern Nigeria than in the north. d. Increasingly, Nigerian women's groups have begun to focus on explicitly political goals. e. In many areas of Nigeria, women control trading despite the patriarchal nature of the society.
A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches is known as a ________
A. senator B. legislator C. lobbyist D. convener E. caseworker
Special interests in Texas often attempt to have policies favoring them included in the constitution because _____
a. there is great prestige in having their "own" provisions in the constitution b. the constitution is more difficult to change than ordinary laws c. constitutional amendments can be approved more quickly than ordinary laws d. voters tend to pay little attention to what is done to the constitution e. all of these
The human rights abuses perpetrated by the _________ regime were so extensive and unpopular that the prospects of a return to military government are weaker now than they have ever been
a. Abacha b. Muhammed c. Obasanjo d. Biafra