Which of the following is an example of the free-rider (or collective action) problem?
a. an elected official accepting bribes from an interest group
b. an elected official relying on information from lobbyists
c. an environmental group struggling to raise funds for a "clean air" campaign
d. an environmental group disagreeing on what policy goals to pursue
e. a political action committee contributing to candidates from both major political parties
c
You might also like to view...
If Councillor 1 gets to be the agenda setter and choose the ordering in which the three councillors vote over the alternatives, which of the following agendas should she set in order to get her most preferred outcome?
Consider the following preference orderings. Councillor 1: Education, Medical, Tax cut Councillor 2: Medical, Tax cut, Education Councillor 3: Tax cut, Education, Medical A. It wouldn’t make a difference; the final choice would be the same regardless of the agenda. B. First a vote between education and medical, and then the winner against tax cuts. C. First a vote between medical and tax cuts, and then the winner against education. D. First a vote between tax cuts and education, and then the winner against medical.
The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred to as
(A) the political gap (B) the gender gap (C) partisan politics (D) party loyalty (E) the median voter theory