Approximately what percentage of local government budgets goes to covering the salaries and fringe benefits of employees?

Which of these statements best explains why Stalin's Five Year Plans strengthened the Soviet bureaucracy?

a. They resulted in significant changes to Russian society. b. They required a high level of management to carry out. c. They distributed privileges unequally throughout society. d. They required expertise available only from foreign advisors.

The explanation that states that have most recently experienced a significant, costly war are more peaceful in the aftermath is known as ______.

a. irredentist claim b. relative deprivation c. scapegoat theory d. war weariness