The ______ emphasizes risk avoidance even when the science predicting the risk is uncertain.
A. precautionary principle
B. tragedy of the commons
C. polluter pays principle
D. common but differentiated policy
A. precautionary principle
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Selective attention is the idea that:
a. people easily remember ideas they disagree with. b. people seek messages that agree with their own. c. newspapers give more attention to popular stories. d. people will tune out messages they do not agree with. e. television stations cannot give one candidate more time than another.
A primary system that allows you to vote for Democrats for some offices and Republicans for other offices is the:
A. blanket primary. B. open primary. C. closed primary. D. caucus primary.
Export-oriented industrialized (EOI) countries often experienced __________ inward-oriented LDCs
a. faster growth rates than c. marginal growth rates than b. slower growth rates than d. about the same growth rates as
The federal judiciary is a passive and reactive branch, meaning that __________
a. it is reluctant to reverse prior court decisions b. it cannot instigate cases or conduct its own investigations c. it is reluctant to exercise the power of judicial review d. it only acts after the president and Congress have made their intentions clear