In theory, which of the following types of party system will be the most likely to emerge within a proportional representation electoral system?
a. dominant party system
b. multiparty system
c. two-and-a-half party system
d. two-party system
b. multiparty system
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Municipal bonds are used to ______.
a. raise money for the city b. secure a tax rate c. fund annexation d. pay back the state government
?Devolution is defined as
A. the transfer of government power from the national government to state governments. B. ?the transfer of power from state governments to local governments. C. ?the transfer of government from federalism to confederalism. D. ?the process of moving from dual federalism to cooperative federalism. E. ?None of these choices is true.
Which of the following arguments is used by critics to oppose the reorganization of state administrations?
A. Reformers often fail to foresee the risks in creating a powerful chief executive with no check. B. Reformers will think only about profit and lose focus on customers i.e. the public. C. Reformers will have only short-term gains and lack strategic planning. D. Reformers want to automate several systems that will cause mass unemployment. E. Reformers fail to consider or utilize performance measurement indexes.
The United States has a lower level of union membership than most advanced industrial nations. A political scientist who points to the importance of individualism in American culture to explain this fact is engaging in which type of explanation?
a. Ideational b. Institutional c. Rational-materialist d. Socialist