In Nigeria, high-stakes politics has meant that
a. authoritarian military governments have been the only ones able to make policy decisions in the nationalinterest
b. the establishment of non-partisan institutions and procedures has been a top priority for all regimes.
c. even excluding the civil war, political killings are a bigger problem in Nigeria than in most of the Third World.
d. nearly all people in positions of authority have used state power for their own benefit.
e. public employees are well paid to discourage corruption.
d
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What strategy was adopted by MOSOP when the government remained unresponsive to the Ogoni protest?
A. competing in elections for state-level offices to ensure better resource allocation B. engaging in coercive recruitment to increase the momentum of the movement C. promoting governmental confiscation of land in the Niger Delta D. conducting several small-scale non-violent protests to promote their cause E. directly sabotaging privately owned oil infrastructure
What did the Tillman Act of 1907 do?
a. It prohibited corporations from contributing money to candidates running in federal elections unless they declared how much they were contributing. b. It prohibited corporations from contributing money to candidates running in federal elections. c. It permitted corporations to contribute money to candidates running in federal elections up to certain amounts. d. It permitted corporations to contribute money to candidates running in federal elections without limitations.
Which amendment forbade the states from denying any person "equal protection under the law"?
A. Tenth B. Twelfth C. Thirteenth D. Fourteenth E. Fifteenth
Which one of the following public events did not erode people’s idealism about the relationship between law and politics?
A. Rodney King’s videotaped beating and the subsequent acquittal of his law-and-order victimizers B. Chris Brown’s domestic violence conviction C. O.J. Simpson’s murder trial acquittal D. The 2000 presidential election decided by the U.S. Supreme Court