During and after the Great Recession, various governmental entities proposed policies to create jobs, increase the minimum wage, and regulate financial markets. This flurry of policy making was likely a result of which context, affecting the policy-making process?

How did James Madison propose to overcome the problem of factions in Federalist No. 10?

a. by adopting a system of direct democracy b. by banning the formation of interest groups c. by discouraging citizens from expressing their political views in public d. by expanding their sphere of participation

The development of a strategy to recruit and retain the workers the government needs and to ensure that they produce strong and effective government programs describes which issue?

a. grade creep b. human capital c. broadbanding d. Title 5