TRUE.
<span>The bonding agent function refers to the fact that political party is saddled with the responsibility of making sure that its candidates are well qualified and of good character. Essentially, </span>political parties function as “bonding agents”, to ensure the good performance of its candidates and officeholders.
The United States was forced to ask itself harsh questions about race and equality after WWII because many blacks and women had been called in a variety of ways to help their country, which did not treat them fairly back home--leading to accusations of hypocrisy.
To combat the creation of NATO, the USSR (AKA Russia and multiple other nations) banded together with its communist counterparts and signed a pact in Warsaw, hence the alliance's name, "Warsaw Pact."