By bringing unconsidered issues to Congress’s table and making them salient, members of Congress are, according to political scientist Jane Mansbridge, acting as ______.
a. delegated constituencies
b. surrogate representatives
c. congressional essentialists
d. representative analysts
b. surrogate representatives
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Latent public opinion refers to
a. active though superficial public opinion. b. inactive opinion that can become very active. c. the rising influence of public opinion in times of war. d. the economic implications of foreign policy on public opinion.
From the mid-19th century until the end of World War II, China was subjected to foreign control
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Political ethnocentrism refers to
A. the practice of assuming that because political institutions or relationships work one way in stable Western democracies they must work the same way in all political systems. B. sets of political objects or concepts that are theoretically related to each other in an analytic way. C. one political group evolving into a powerful force in a society. D. ethnic minorities suffering from repression by other groups in the political system.
The Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet NKVD under Stalin, and Mussolini's OVRA had no judicial restraints. How is this indicative of the totalitarian state's embrace of organized terror?
A) In an effort to keep the military from seeking too much power, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. B) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police utilize both physical and psychological methods. C) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize physical methods. D) In an effort to keep the people cowed, security police solely utilize psychological methods.