Which of these can be used to ensure that ethnic minorities receive an adequate level of representation?

a. Gerrymandering
b. The threshold rule
c. Pork-barrel politics
d. Semipresidentialism


Correct Answer: a

Political Science

You might also like to view...

One of the "Topic-in-Country" countries highlighted in the text was ranked last (seventy-two out of seventy-two) by the 2007 A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index when it measured overall degree of globalization. Which country was it?

a. Russia b. Brazil c. Iran d. Nigeria e. France

Political Science

As a pollster for Smart Polling, you are concerned about gauging the public's attitudes about arms-control policy. You believe that the public not only has little information on this complex topic, but also has thought little about it. What procedure might you implement to increase the accuracy of your polling data?

a. a screening procedure b. a grading procedure c. a tracking procedure d. a sampling procedure

Political Science

_____ is a decision process by which each member gets a certain amount of votes proportional to some factor such as size, power, or wealth

A) Instant run-off B) Majority rule C) Plurality D) Unit veto E) Weighted voting

Political Science

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance. For the purposes of chapter 10, the authors of the textbook focused on two IVs

From the research matrix below, how many participants would be needed for a between subjects factorial design if you wanted to have 10 participants in each condition? Male Male Attractive Unattractive Female Female Attractive Unattractive a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40

Political Science