A local government announces it is going to try an experimental charter school to gage interest from the population and determine whether such an endeavor is feasible. The school has very low enrollment numbers as a result of concern that the school will not be funded past the experimental year. This is an example of which of the following?

The relationship between pressure groups and interest groups can be expressed by the general observation that

A. interest groups are narrower in scope than pressure groups. B. political parties are more important than interest groups or pressure groups. C. they mean the same thing. D. pressure groups are narrower in scope than interest groups.

In political theory, a social contract is ________

A) an agreement to form government and abide by its rules and laws, in return for governmental protection of rights and welfare B) a civil agreement binding two parties to a monetary promise in exchange for labor C) a peace accord between two sovereign nations D) an alliance of racial and ethnic groups within a society with the goal of keeping social order E) a mediated peace