Frank Levy's analysis of the changing income distribution concluded that since 1973, most people's living standards have:

A narrow __________ involves a small number of groups

a. scope of contest b. scope of conflict c. scope of compromise d. scope of consensus -

In the 1970s, when an Ethiopian revolution spurred the new government to seek help from the Soviets, the U.S. put its support behind Somalia, and the two superpowers often fought for position in the global South. This is an example of a(n) __________

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.