POLS 200 test 1

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Shively (2019) defined it as the part of society that is organized and active, but neither controlled by the government nor focused on private concerns such as family or economic activity. What is it?

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civil society

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Anheier defined it as "the macro-level institutional structures of laws, norms, and customs that give rise to the organization and associations that citizens create (outside of government and markets)."

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civil society

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What is the reasoning called that justifies government giving nonprofits a tax break in exchange for the public goods provided by nonprofits?

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Quid pro quo logic

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What do we call the revenue the government does not collect because of tax exemptions?

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tax expenditure

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Nonprofits generally serve the ____________.

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public's interest

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Who grants 501(c)(3) status to nonprofits recognized for serving a public purpose and not seeking profit for investors?

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IRS

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Legal, Functional, and economic, are the three basic approaches for defining ____________organizations.

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nonprofit

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Norma Borlaug invented the dwarf wheat and saved what country from starvation?

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India

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Who wrote the book The Population Bomb?

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Paul Ehrlich

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A public good is both non-excludiable and ______________.

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non-rivalry