______ involves defining the problem, indicating goals and objectives to be sought, considering a range of alternatives, and evaluating each alternative before recommending a particular solution.

a. Rational decision making
b. Incremental decision making
c. Policy evaluation
d. Political analysis


a. Rational decision making

Political Science

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following led to the rise of social movements in the 1950s and 1960s in much of the Western world?

a. Formal institutions changed too slowly to incorporate new interests. b. People sought more participation than was available. c. Established institutions were seen as vehicles for elite self-interest. d. the development of the internet

Political Science

Placing more emphasis on diplomacy, economic sanctions, and foreign aid as the means of protecting U.S. interests, rather than emphasizing the threat or use of military force, is known as what type of power?

A. soft power B. economic power C. true power D. hard power E. modern power

Political Science

Jim Crow laws mandated which of the following?

a. racial segregation b. poll taxes c. grandfather clauses d. black codes

Political Science

The principal election officer in Texas is the

a. attorney general. b. secretary of state. c. lieutenant governor. d. governor. e. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Political Science