APE Quiz

What is our working definition of politics?

• Who gets what, when, and how?

• The making of collective decisions

• The expansion (or reduction) of public authority

What are the three main explanatory approaches in political science?

• Rational-material

• Power-structural

• Ideational

• Institutional

How do we define institutions?

• Organizations

• Common law

• Laws, regulations, "rules of the game"

What is distinctive about the American political economy?

• Access to key natural resources

• Fragmented state

• Privileged organized interests

• Systemic racial oppression and division

True or false: Veto points are institutional "hurdles" that policy must pass through to become law

• True

• False

What percent of workers are unionized in the US?

• 33%

• 72%

• 12%

• 18%

True or false: The racial wealth gap between white and black Americans has declined over time but still is about 2 to 1

• True

• False

True or false: In 2022, there was an increase in labor organizing in the US

• True

• False

True or false: America has more veto points than most other countries

• True

• False

Pick the examples of veto points in American politics

• Bicameral legislature

• Presidential system

• Federalism

• Senate filibuster

• The Supreme Court