From Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration by Thomas R. Dye
Dye's excerpt is an empirical assessment of the kinds of individuals who assume administrative, legislative, and judicial power as these branches have increased in size and influence in recent decades. His findings are decisive: those with privileged backgrounds have not only increasingly assumed these important roles but their wealth--and not individual personal characteristics--have paved the way for them to assume these important positions.
-According to Dye, the appointment and election of an increasingly large number of individuals is rooted in:
A) The deregulation of American society
B) The increasing size of government
C) More power by politicians
D) Less power by politicians.

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Dye's assessment is focused on the increasing size and influence of government, which has allowed for an increasing number of individuals with privileged backgrounds to assume important roles in administrative, legislative, and judicial positions. This is not necessarily linked to the deregulation of society or changes in political power.

From Who's Running America? the Bush Restoration by Thomas R