Problems that arise when bureaucracies stray from their established goals and devote their energies and efforts to nonessential tasks are commonly referred to as bureaucratic ______.

Under the electoral competition theory, which of the following candidates is most likely to win?

a. someone with extreme liberal positions b. someone with moderate liberal positions c. someone whose opinions are similar to the median voter d. someone with extreme conservative positions

Assimilation is

a. an effort by elites to define individuals as falling into different identity groups and to make such divisions politically relevant. b. a government response to identity diversity that forces a minority group to abandon its cultural characteristics and take on those of the majority group. c. a strategy of a minority group to gain acceptance by the dominant cultural group by adopting some of that group's behavioral norms. d. a government response to identity diversity that involves a degree of cultural autonomy and extensive rights or privileges for members of a minority group. e. a government response to identity diversity in which a minority receives territorial autonomy in exchange for not pursuing complete independence.