Which of the following is NOT one of the major civilizations Samuel Huntington identified in his thesis?

A campaign contribution channeled from one party organization to another and sometimes used to bypass campaign finance regulations is known as:

A. laundered money. B. PAC money. C. political money. D. soft money.

Which statement about presidential decrees is CORRECT? a. They have been used more extensively by Putin and Medvedev than Yeltsin

b. Presidential decrees have not been used to affect the bureaucracy. c. Such decrees cannot violate the constitution but can violate specific pieces of legislation. d. They must be approved by the Russian Duma if they relate to deploying troops abroad. e. They allow presidents to ignore uncooperative parliaments.