One of the major advantages of the committee system is that it ________
A. brokers power between the governor and the legislature
B. balances the interests of political parties
C. allows members to concentrate their energies on particular areas of governmental activities
D. allows legislators to ignore the preferences of their constituents
E. forces everybody to showcase their expertise in all aspects of state government
C
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Psychoanalytical studies of Woodrow Wilson contend that his desire to acquire power and control over others and his unwillingness to compromise can be traced to
a. the crumbling of his boyhood world and the resulting inner chaos that motivated his search for external order. b. his competition with and aggression toward his father. c. his low self-esteem and self-confidence. d. his preference for an energetic attack on obstacles in his path and the avoidance of emotional and intellectual ambiguities.
Which type of research has only one subject?
a) correlational b) case study c) experimental d) quasi-experimental
Regarding the elite, class, and pluralist approaches to explain policymaking, political scientists tend to ________________.
A. agree that elite theory now most accurately describes most national political systems B. conclude that the group approach characterizes the policy process in most contemporary political systems C. reject the claim that most societies are characterized by political stratification D. disagree about which of the three approaches is most accurate
Writer V. O. Key presents a provocative thesis in Southern Politics, in which he says Texas politics in the post-Reconstruction era can be better understood in terms of __________.
A. classical liberal-conservative politics B. modified class politics C. geographical distinctiveness D. influence of the national government