The Affordable Care Act (Obama’s health-care law) included funding for many pilot projects and special studies that will be used to select future policy options to use on a more widespread basis. The funding of these efforts is an example of the policy tools called ______.
A. ration
B. hortatory tools
C. conduct research
D. use of market incentives
C. conduct research
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The rise of fascism in Europe was part of the
a. first wave of democratization. b. third wave of democratization. c. first reverse wave of democratization. d. third reverse wave of democratization. e. fourth wave of democratization.
What was the main task of the Committee on Unfinished Portions?
A. Ironing out disagreements concerning the office of chief executive B. Making sure the Constitution was ratified C. Deciding how many senators each state was to have D. Resolving the issue of slavery
The sunshine law of 1976
A) requires that federal government meetings be held in public. B) guarantees the right of citizens to inspect unprotected government documents. C) specifies the government must bear the burden of proof if it believes that documents should not be seen by the public. D) eliminates criminal charges for civil servants for divulging official information. E) lifts the requirement of an oath of secrecy from all new political appointees.
The political party out of power in a democracy is referred to as the
a. lower party. b. third party. c. opposition party. d. platform party. e. secondary party.