The term backbenchers refers to
a. members of parliament who unseat an incumbent.
b. elderly life peers in the House of Lords.
c. members of the minority party.
d. members of the governing party who have no government office and rank-and-file members of the opposition.
e. the shadow cabinet of the opposition party.
d
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Today's international economic system
a. is in transition; in many ways it is more stable than it has been for years, but there are still areas of tension. b. is particularly pleasing to First World states because of their economic preeminence over Developing World states. c. will likely soon change to a system labeled the "New International Economic Order." This change likely will come about because of the insistence of LDCs. d. remains based on the international gold standard. The gold standard is what has shielded the international economic system from another serious depression such as the one experienced in the 1930s.
Which is NOT true about bi-cameral legislatures?
a) The additional house is a check against hasty action. b) They tend to have higher voter turn out than nations with unicameral legislatures. c) If the upper house is organized on a territorial basis, it prevents a popular majority in the lower house from acting to the detriment of a particular state or province. d) Individual votes are less important since even if the party you vote for wins the lower house, the upper house can still thwart it.
According to Edmund Burke, Parliament was an assembly of one nation, and local interests must bow to the general national interest
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Poliheuristic theory is a decision-making theory that accounts for process and outcome of decisions through a two-stage analytic model that incorporates cognitive approaches with rational choice expectations
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false