If One Group Took Power and Established an Official State

question 31

Multiple Choice

If one group took power and established an official state religion, James Madison would likely describe the situation as:

• A) part of the "brutish state of nature."
• B) a stage in the evolution of government.
• C) unfortunate but inevitable and outside the scope of government to prevent.
• D) the best possible outcome given the desires of a majority of the people.
• E) an example of the tyranny of a faction imposing its will on the rest of the nation.

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Definitions:

Centralization

The process or practice of concentrating authority and decision-making in a central location or group within an organization.

Shared Decision-making

A collaborative approach where all members contribute to the decision process.

Decentralized

Pertains to the distribution of functions, powers, people, or things away from a central location or authority, often to achieve a more distributed and participative decision-making process.

M-Form

Multidivisional Form; an organizational structure that separates a company into semi-autonomous units or divisions based on product, service, or market.