The assumption that claims states are rational actors means that they

a. always make the correct decision.
b. always make the best decision.
c. have consistent, ordered preferences and calculate the costs and benefits of all policies in order to maximizetheir utility

To what does the text attribute the declining poverty rate among the elderly?

a. the feminization of poverty b. progressive taxation c. Social Security and Medicare d. supply-side economics

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Today, most authoritarian regimes allow no legislature or opposition parties to exist. 2. Because participation is free and open, civil society in authoritarian regimes is extremely active. 3. In more institutionalized authoritarian regimes, formal participation is forbidden. 4. While Russia does not have a long tradition of protests in the street, it has a much stronger tradition of sustained organization of groups in civil society.