The idea of democracy revolves around all of the following features EXCEPT this one:

a. Opposing political parties rotate peacefully in power through free and fair elections.
b. All institutions in the government are subject to the control of elected officials.
c. The military is not subject to civilian control.
d. Individuals have fundamental protections of their civil rights.

c. The military is not subject to civilian control.

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6 The majority of persons under some form of correctional supervisions are:

a. in jail b. in prison c. on probation d. on parole

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Given the preference orderings listed below, what would the result be of a pair-wise contest between the spending choices education and medical?

Imagine that three city council members are trying to decide how to spend a surplus.The options currently being debated are (i) spend it on improving primary education in the municipality, (ii) spend it on improving the level of medical care offered by the local hospital, or (iii) lower local taxes and use the surplus to cover the costs of existing programs.The council employs majority rule to make its decisions.The councillors have the following preference orderings over the spending choices:



Assume that the councillors hold a round-robin tournament that pits each alternative against every other alternative in a series of pair-wise votes.The winner is the alternative that wins the most contests.Based on this information, answer the following four questions.

A. education
B. medical
C. tax cut
D. it would be a tie

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