An interest group tracks the poor performance of an executive branch agency and reports this information to lawmakers. this is an informal example of which part of the political system?
political parties
constitutional amendment
checks and balances
electoral process

checks and balances

Explanation:

The authors of the U.S. Constitution created a system based on the ideas of  Polybius, Montesquieu, William Blackstone, and John Locke.

The system of checks and balances is part of the division of power between the three branches of the U.S. government (legislative, executive, judicial). Several controls and limitations were established on each branch to assure that neither would grab too much power.

arresting and exicuting citizens

the caste system in india is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. it has origins in ancient india, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern india, especially the mughal empire and the british raj.it is today the basis of educational and job reservations in india.it consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system.

the caste system as it exists today is thought to be the result of developments during the collapse of the mughal era and the british colonial regime in india. the collapse of the mughal era saw the rise of powerful men who associated themselves with kings, priests and ascetics, affirming the regal and martial form of the caste ideal, and it also reshaped many apparently casteless social groups into differentiated caste communities.the british raj furthered this development, making rigid caste organisation a central mechanism of administration

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