One of the highlighted themes of this textbook is that the essential qualities of the twenty-first century international system are subject to considerable

Congress is more ethnically and racially diverse today than at any time in its history

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

The trend in local government structure over the last sixty years has been

a. relative stability, with the exception of a significant increase in the number of school districts. b. a slight decrease in the number of counties and towns, an increase in the number of cities, a significant decrease in the number of school districts, and a large increase in the number of special districts c. a significant increase in all types of local governments. d. a decrease in the number of cities and counties, a decrease in the number of towns and townships, but increases in the number of school districts and all other types of special districts.