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lunatika

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Which of Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy is illustrated by a government agency in which the greatest authority resides with the agency head?
 
  a. administrative discretion
  b. the merit principle
  c. task specialization
 d. hierarchical authority structure

Question 2

Which of these is an electoral earthquake where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party may be displaced by the minority party?
 
  a. a critical election
  b. a midterm election
  c. a coalition election
 d. a seismological election



jesse.fleming

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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