When a Network of Small Businesses Across the Country Cooperated

question 111

Multiple Choice

When a network of small businesses across the country cooperated to oppose President Bill Clinton's health-care plan in 1993-94, it illustrated the power of which type of organization to influence congressional decision making?

• A)the constituency
• B)interest groups
• C)military leaders
• D)political party leaders

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Definitions:

Megacorporations

Large, powerful companies that wield significant economic, political, and social influence, often operating on a global scale.

Market Forces

The economic factors affecting the price, demand, and supply of goods and services in a free market.

Modernization

The process of economic change, whereby developing societies acquire some of the social and political characteristics of Western industrial societies; five subprocesses are involved: technological development, agricultural development, urbanization, industrialization, and telecommunication.

Western Development

The expansion and advancement of countries in the Western hemisphere, typically through industrialization, urbanization, and economic growth.