In establishing the American democratic republic, the Founding Fathers borrowed from the works of all of the following earlier thinkers EXCEPT

A policy issued by the legislature has almost no impact on the budgetary process of a state. This policy can be categorized as a nonfiscal policy

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Pluralism is ________

A. a belief and attitude that individuals who form the elite have greater influence or authority than others B. a political ideology that supports the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged elite C. a theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power of any one group D. the view that politics and decision-making is limited to the government framework E. a system of government in which leaders are not subjected to the test of free elections