Define direct provision and provide examples of its application.

What will be an ideal response?

In order to provide government services and benefits, governments use the domestic policy tool of direct provision-the hiring of public servants, or bureaucrats who earn a government paycheck, to dispense the services or benefits. For example, veterans' hospitals hire doctors and nurses and physical therapists to administer health care to veterans, and the U.S. Postal Service hires mail carriers, postal clerks, and postal processing machine operators to deliver mail.

Political Science

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With resource and time constraints, Professor Martinez wants to sample a portion of a population. In order to determine how big a sample, he computes the __________ to achieve the level of precision desired.

A. Sample requirement rate B. Sample size calculation C. Sample scope formula D. Sample extent range

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The commitment of northern Republicans to Reconstruction in the South waned after which of the following?

A. An economic recession led to many Republican losses in the 1874 election. B. The Ku Klux Klan rose as an economic force in the northeast. C. African Americans began voting overwhelmingly for Democrats starting with the 1890 election. D. It never waned.

Political Science