The constellation of costs and benefits that surround the decision of individuals to vote raises what type of collective action problem?
a. transaction costs
b. tragedy of the commons
c. free riding
d. pareto optimization
c. free riding
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Which of the following types of weapons were parts of the nuclear triad employed by both superpowers during the Cold War?
a. ICBMs b. SLBMs c. Long-range bombers d. Both a and b were types of weapons. e. All of the above are true.
Which of the following describes the Clery Act of 1990?
a. It requires disclosure of information about campus crime from public and private colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs. b. It restrains the federal government's use of unfunded mandates. c. It requires driver's licenses and state-issues identification cards to include standardized anti-fraud security features and machine-readable technology. d. It authorizes the federal government to withhold federal grants from states that practice racial discrimination.
What percentage of Americans live in states where they must register to vote in advance?
a. 10 percent b. 20 percent c. between 30 and 40 percent d. around 75 percent e. more than 90 percent
Ansell and Samuels (2010) argue that the effect of inequality on democratization is dependent on the type of inequality: ______ inequality is positively associated with democratization, while ______ inequality is negatively associated with democratization.
A. Income; land B. Land; income C. Political; land D. Income; political