Contractors and construction firms that benefit from programs included a state highway department's expenditures are best described as
a. clientele groups.
b. political action committees.
c. interest groups.
d. government partners.
Q. 2Traditional societies often face which impediments to development?
a. Fatalism
b. Excessive risk-taking
c. Excessive social mobility
d. Lack of skepticism about the motives of foreign developers
e. Unreasonably high expectations concerning one's ability to shape one's destiny
Q. 3The Schengen area of free movement without border controls encompasses
a. almost all EU members, plus some non-EU countries.
b. all EU members, plus some non-EU countries.
c. only those EU members located in Western Europe.
d. only the Benelux countries, plus France and Germany.
e. all EU members.
Q. 4Bureaucratic discretion
a. prevents administrators from having to deal with political pressures.
b. is the ability of public employees to make decisions interpreting law and administrative regulations.
c. ensures that outcomes of policy will be precisely as intended by the legislation.
d. ensures that the legislature, rather than agencies, will make public policy.
Q. 5What has been an ongoing barrier to India's potential economic development?
a. Its civilian control over the military
b. Its constant religious warfare
c. Its caste system
d. Its refusal to privatize key industries
e. Its resistance to foreign investment
Q. 6Which of the following is NOT an example of the EU's activity in relation to a shared policy?
a. Drawing up research framework programs
b. Establishing environmental action programs
c. Using open methods of cooperation
d. Creating the European Social Fund
e. Participating in NATO joint military exercises