Public choice theory, advocated by many NGOs and promoted by many multinational corporations, is best described as which of the following?
a. Local rather than national and international policy decisions
b. Privatization of government services and goods
c. Government investment overseas through such methods as foreign aid and foreign direct investment
d. The public voting directly on policy issues
b. Privatization of government services and goods
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In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, predictor variables enter the regression equation if they
a. correlate with the outcome variable b. correlate with one another c. predict unique variance in the outcome variable d. account for more variance than all other variables e. are selected by the researcher
Redistricting occurs when
A) seats in the House are allocated to each state after each census. B) district boundaries are redrawn within each state to ensure equal district populations. C) a court orders new elections because of voting irregularities. D) a legislative formula is altered that apportions spending among the states. E) both houses of Congress are considered bipartisan.
Which of the following is true in the United States of how government handles ensuring health care to the poor and the elderly?
A. Medicare provides health care to the poor, and Medicaid provides health care to the elderly. B. Medicare provides health care to the elderly, and Medicaid provides health care to the poor. C. Medicare and Medicaid provide health care to all Americans regardless of wealth or age. D. Medicare replaced Medicaid in order to provide health care to poor people as well as the elderly.
What is referred to euphemistically in Nigeria as the "informal sector"?
a. institutionalized corruption b. the black market c. sharia law d. tribal governments