Policy analysts often investigate the ______ of a social problem in order to develop policy solutions that attack the problem before it might develop.

A. root causes
B. proximate causes
C. incremental causes
D. factorial causes


A. root causes

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The scope of the interest group universe has ______.

A. shrunk considerably after Congress passed new laws limiting how much contact lobbyists could have with legislators B. remained constant at the federal level but exploded at the state level because devolution has shifted more policies to the states C. more than tripled between the 1960s and 1990s, as both private and public interests employ lobbyists in Washington, D.C. D. remained steady because the policy gridlock in Washington, D.C., has meant fewer opportunities to lobby

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How has the Internet changed news reporting? How has it changed political campaigns and elections? What effect does the Internet have on other news media?

What will be an ideal response?

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The method of achieving equality that was advocated by Booker T. Washington, which opposed confrontation with the white power structure and urged African Americans to accept existing conditions, is referred to as __________

A) pacification B) remission C) accommodation D) racialization E) Jim Crow

Political Science

What is meant when the tax system is referred to as a “Christmas tree?”

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science