Public policy in the United States is shaped by a wide variety of forces, from polls and election results to interest groups and institutions, both formal and informal. In addition to political parties, the influence of diverse and sometimes antagonistic political forces has been widely acknowledged by policymakers and evidenced by scholars, and journalists. In recent years concerns have been growing that deep-pocketed donors now play an unprecedented role in American politics — concerns supported by 2013 research from Harvard and the University of Sydney that found that for election integrity, the U.S. ranked 26th out of 66 countries analyzed.
The question of who shapes public policies and under what conditions is a critical one, particularly in the context of declining voter turnout. From both a theoretical and practical point of view, it is important to understand if voters still have the possibility of providing meaningful input into public policies, or if the government bypasses citizens in favor of economic elites and interest groups with strong fundraising and organizational capacity.
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<em><u>C. Legislative, Executive, and the Supreme Court.</u></em>
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Answer:
The correct answers are:
1. They married royalty from other powerful lands
2. They threatened their rivals with war
Explanation:
In Northern Europe, like many parts of the world, marriages among different Kings and Empires was a common way to develop powerful alliances against a common foe.
More powerful than simple treaties, developing family relations would help to cement relationships and long-term stability of two empire.
However, in order to gain power, it was also common for Kings and Queens to threaten war. This was usually done to gain more land and increase power and taxation revenue.
Answer:
Harry S. Truman wife Eleanor Roosevelt
After the second world war, the occupation of the German and Austrian regions was managed by 4 major powers: France, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union. The goals of these powers was twofold.
The first was the purging of National Socialist elements from Germany. After the war, thousands of Nazis escaped capture by the allies, with many returning to their lives as civilians. The occupying forces were attempting to ensure that these individuals would not exert major influence, and that Nazism would not rise again in post-war Germany. Here's an interesting orientation video produced by the US army during the post-war occupation period:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-EjnQwqbaQ
The second of these goals was the establishment of two new German states. The Soviet Union laid the ground work for what would become the communist German Democratic Republic in the late 1940s in the eastern half of Germany, while the allies established a market-liberal counterpart (the Federal Republic of Germany) in the west.
