A __________ is a collection of policy-oriented researchers and academics who are sources of policy ideas

a. caucus
b. convention
c. political machine
d. think tank

Answer: d

Political Science

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Diplomacy has become more complex because of

a. globalization that has increased the ability of the Soviet Union and Third World states to forge effective working relationships. b. a reduction in the number of powerful states so that each can effectively counter the other's foreign policy objectives. c. the integration of international economic decision making in the IMF and the World Bank. d. increasing numbers of IGOs, NGOs, international corporations, and states with widely varying levels of power. e. modern communication and transportation systems enabling millions of people to engage in cross-border travel.

Political Science

Among the most important differences in the respective working environments of public and private managers are, first, the “goldfish bowl” of publicity facing the public manager and, second, the public manager’s

a. ability to control subordinates’ careers.

b. ability to employ precise evaluation measures.

c. exclusive power to set agency goals.

d. having to operate under much tighter time constraints.

Political Science