One of the negative consequences of economic liberalization is that it _____.

One of the negative consequences of economic liberalization is that it _____.
 
  a. produces distributional problems
  b. raises interest rates to unaffordable levels
  c. sustains uncompetitive domestic industries
  d. increases government interference in the economy

 Q. 2

Which of these is the most effective way for a poor country to become richer?
 
  a. Banning foreign imports
  b. Developing new technologies
  c. Expanding resource extraction
  d. Adopting a progressive taxation system

 Q. 3

Which of the following is the best example of within-case research using an ideational approach to political explanation?
 
  Examining data on international trade between several countries during a given period of time
  b. Evaluating the successes and failures of labor movements in various market-oriented countries
  c. Studying the historical relationship between a country's bureaucracy and its economic evolution
  d. Analyzing how the editorials in a widely-read newspaper have depicted the country's welfare system during the past several decades

 Q. 4

Which of these facts would contribute most to a rational-material explanation of the rising popularity of socialism among American workers during the Progressive Era?
 
  a. Fairness was replacing liberty as the strongest value in society.
  b. Labor agitators were becoming extremely popular among immigrants.
  c. Progressive reformers controlled many of the newspapers that workers read.
  d. Average wages for industrial workers were rising much less quickly than prices.

 Q. 5

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

 Q. 6

If case research regarding the reasons for German redistribution found that German national identity involved compromise, this evidence would lend support to a _____ explanation
 
  a. ideational
  b. institutional
  c. progressive
  d. rational-material

 Q. 7

An explanation for German redistribution that focuses on Germany's educational system and labor relations would likely be a(n) ______ explanation.
 
  a. cross-case
  b. ideational
  c. institutional
  d. rational-material