Interest groups and political parties are the same, except political parties work through elected representatives and interest groups do not

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


FALSE

Political Science

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__________ is used to refer to the modern presidency as exceeding its original constitutional role. The term is often used to describe situations in which an inordinate amount of power is concentrated in the executive branch

a. Imperial presidency c. Crisis of leadership b. Lame duck presidency d. Electoral mandate

Political Science

What is an event called that is purposely staged for the media and that is significant just because the media are there?

a. a think tank b. a pork-barrel project— c. a media event d. a round-robin event

Political Science

Which of the following leaders’ policies is compared to “judo”?

a. Vladimir Putin. b. Xi Jinping. c. Hugo Chavez. d. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Political Science

The backing of opposite sides in the Laotian civil war in 1960 by the CIA and the U.S. State Department is an example of __________

A) interest groups B) the military-industrial complex C) interagency tension D) diversionary foreign policy

Political Science