Michels's iron rule of oligarchy __________.
a. argues that all organizations will ultimately be ruled by a few individuals
b. views government policy as a product of interest group input
c. states that the rapid expansion of interest groups serves to disrupt the policymaking process
d. proposes that the United States and other democracies will eventually give governmental authority to a single ruler by virtue of his or her birth
Question 2
The waves that David Truman spoke of are periods __________.
a. in which there is a rapid explosion of groups in response to political, economic, or social upheaval
b. when interest groups wield considerable power over a legislature and times when they do not
c. in which numbers of interest groups dwindle to reestablish equilibrium in the political system
d. between the collapse and reestablishment of a government that has fallen because of interest groups