During the 2016 primaries, the Republican party establishment __________ Donald Trump during the primaries. This case illustrates the ___________ of political parties today.

Independent regulatory commissions are

A) administratively independent of Congress and the president. B) administratively independent of Congress but not of the president. C) administratively independent of the president but not of Congress. D) identical to departments and serve the same function. E) being phased out of government very quickly.

All of the following are challenges to structural perspectives and systems theory EXCEPT ______.

a. the hierarchical challenge b. the humanist challenge c. the pluralist challenge d. the government-by-proxy challenge