A system where employees are hired using merit is

a. the bureaucracy.
b. the civil service.
c. unionization

Which of the following types of analysis might seek to explain the functioning of a municipal government?

a.) quantitative b.) qualitative c.) normative d.) rational

A check sent to an individual from the national government through the Aid to the Blind program is described as

a. an in-kind program. b. a direct cash transfer. c. A social insurance. d. Medicaid.