For centuries Spain was split by __________, creating "Two Spains."
a. agrarian and industrial culture
b. southern and northern coasts
c. small-town and big-city
d. region and religiosity
d
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Why do winning candidates claim a mandate even though political scientists generally discredit the mandate theory of elections?
a. Politicians think that political scientists do not understand how things actually work. b. Voters do not necessarily prefer all of the winning candidate's issue positions. c. Winning candidates want to justify their policy proposals by claiming that the public supports them. d. Winning candidates are not well versed in the political science literature.
The doctrine that states could not infringe on the rights of citizenship was known as a. supremacy
b. validation. c. elasticity. d. incorporation.
Fire alarm oversight describes
a. Congress working hard to directly monitor whether agencies are implementing laws faithfully and efficiently. b. Congress designing procedures that allow interest groups and ordinary citizens to raise an alarm when something has gone wrong. c. Congress delegating power to the executive branch to raise an alarm when an agency is not faithfully and efficiently implementing laws. d. the ability of citizens to bring concerns about federal regulations directly to the Supreme Court to reduce the transaction costs of monitoring federal agencies.
What best describes a linkage institution?
a. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda b. a location to express a political opinion c. the formation of a special interest group d. an environment where one learns about the political process