The Council on Foreign Relations, which publishes the influential journal Foreign Affairs, is an example of a __________, one of the major types of interest groups that often exert a tremendous amount of influence on U.S. foreign policy
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think tank
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To affect government operations, the governor relies on ________ powers, which lay outside of the constitutional mandate of the office
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A GDP growth of 6.9 percent was one of the factors that led to the reelection of __________ in 1972
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The more powerful chamber of the French parliament in the Fifth Republic is the
a. House of Commons. b. National Assembly. c. Senate. d. Diet. e. Chamber of Deputies.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A powerful tool to shape the behavior of governmental leaders in a republican system of government is the election. 2. The distinction between an interest group and a social movement is neat and clean. 3. Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by America’s passion for individuality. 4. In a pluralistic society, the distribution of power among many competing groups serves to keep any one of them in check. 5.The power elite is limited to the top-ranking elected officials in government.