Political scientists typically envision institutions as
a. informal norms, social understandings, or longtime customs.
b. an affiliation between two or more states not involving a strong central government.
c. the description of official major government bodies and positions, the powers these positions have, and the process for making new laws.
d. a set of inputs (demands and supports) that feed into the political system and outputs (policies) that flow from it.
e. organizations created for a particular purpose and the formal rules that structure them.
E
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Often an individual will join and support a certain interest group to receive tangible advantages from that membership. An example is a teacher who joins the National Education Association with the expectation of salary increases. These advantages are referred to as
a. expectations. b. long-term benefits. c. perks. d. material benefits. e. intangible rewards.
In deciding a case in which an Asian American woman claims that a state law discriminates against her based on her ethnicity, the Supreme Court would most likely use the
A. intermediate scrutiny test. B. strict scrutiny test. C. original intention test. D. rational basis test. E. due process test.