Which of the following is an example of divestment?
a. A ban on diamond imports from Sierra Leone, used to finance domestic insurrection
b. A ban on investments from South Africa to penalize its apartheid policy of minority rule
c. Freezing of all Syrian assets held in U.S. banks and a ban on all U.S. transaction with the government and private firms
d. Grain embargo against the Soviet Union following its invasion of Afghanistan
b. A ban on investments from South Africa to penalize its apartheid policy of minority rule
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With which writer do you associate the phrase ‘anarchy is what states make of it’?
Alexander Wendt John Ruggie John Mearsheimer Thomas Risse
Which of the following is true of India as a country?
A. India has been outperformed by Pakistan in terms of raising literacy rates. B. Unlike Pakistan, India refused the inheritance of the legal and governmental institutions established by the British. C. India is characterized by a tricameral parliamentary system. D. India's political institutions enjoy wide legitimacy among the population. E. India has a unicameral parliamentary system.
A lawsuit filed by one person on behalf of that person and all similarly situated individuals is known as which of the following kinds of suit?
A. Amicus curiae B. Appeal C. Plurality action D. Class action E. Writ of habeas corpus
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Under the original design of the Constitution, senators were chosen by state legislatures rather than directly by voters. 2. Each state in the Union has two representatives in the House of Representatives. 3. As countries become more democratic, the number of legislative chambers within their governments tends to increase. 4. The President of the United States has the power to declare a law unconstitutional. 5. In a parliamentary system, the legislature selects and removes the executive.