A major limiting factor of early newspaper readership was the ______.
a. overall lack of literacy
b. public disinterest in political information
c. cost of a yearly subscription
d. intense amount of competing media
c. cost of a yearly subscription
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Which of the following is a group of 15 presidential advisers that is too large, diverse, and concerned with individual fiefdoms to effectively serve as a collective board of directors, leaving ultimate decision-making authority with the president
? a. the White House staff b. the Executive Office of the President c. thechiefs of staff d. thecabinet
____ refers to the principle that party leaders are formally elected but that strict discipline is followed
a. Democratic centralism b. Socialist democracy c. Party centralization d. Party democracy e. Proletarian democracy
Fear and mistrust can flourish in an anarchic situation
a. if it lacks legitimate institutions with the power and authority to enforce commonly accepted rules of behavior. b. because sovereignty produces a situation in which every state in the system can add to its capability to use force. c. when there are few or no status-quo states in the system. d. in which a balance of power has been eroded over time due to rising tensions. e. All of the above are correct.
A plea bargain results when the defendant negotiates __________.
A. to testify against individuals in exchange for charges against him or her being dropped B. with the judge in a case to exercise pity in issuing a sentence recommendation to the jury C. with prosecutors to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence than he or she might receive if convicted in a trial D. with the governor to issue a pardon of his or her convicted crime