Social Security can most accurately be described as a pension system in which the government takes workers' contributions, invests them, and then returns the proceeds to retirees

Which of the following is an example of the international context aggravating a civil war situation in a country?

A. a colonial power leaving a colony without setting up strong political institutions B. a neighboring country's government financing insurgents in the home country C. a country sending aid to a country trying to cope with a civil war D. a colonial power building bridges and roads in a colony merely to extract profit from the colony E. a group of people uprising against the weak governmental machinery in their country

Government institutions have begun to respond to demands for effective participation, and as a result, ______ has become one of the more commonly used words in government circles.

A. empowerment B. feasibility C. institutionalism D. sufficiency