Replicating earlier findings by testing some theoretical or procedural modification of the original is

As a researcher conducting a comparative study to examine the strong resistance to women politicians in three different countries, which of the following would be your first step?

A. formulating falsifiable hypotheses about status of women politicians B. eliminating the weak causal factors like social and economic status of women C. finding correlations for the potential causes and the effect D. identifying the causes of resistance to women politicians E. defining the phenomenon of resistance to women politicians

Strong states theories argue that

a. countries would develop faster if governments did not intervene in the economy and let market forces work naturally, creating stronger states. b. even with increasing globalization, governments have maintained, and perhaps even enhanced, their ability to tax, spend, and regulate. c. globalization limits the ability of governments to tax, spend, and regulate. d. to promote development, states should take a "strong" role by providing subsidies to key domestic industries and pursuing protectionist trade policies. e. a country's move from underdevelopment to modernization can be understood and modeled based on development in the West.