Why Is the Participatory Democracy Model Rarely Used in Texas

question 39

Multiple Choice

Why is the participatory democracy model rarely used in Texas?

• A) Texas citizens show rather low levels of interest in and knowledge of civic life.
• B) It has been shown not to work well in multicultural societies such as Texas.
• C) Though effective,it is far too cost-prohibitive to use regularly.
• D) It works well only with small-scale policy decisions.
• E) Statistics show that it is,by far,the least effective policymaking model.

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities

A graphical representation that shows the maximum combination of goods or services that can be produced with a fixed amount of resources.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two goods, given a set of inputs representing resource allocation.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two goods, given a set of inputs, representing the trade-offs of allocating resources between the production of those goods.

Opportunity Cost

The act of losing potential gains by not exploring other alternatives and choosing one.