Politics

Question 1 of 32

1

What is power?

Select one of the following:

The ability to control or impose your will upon others.
Having the physical might over people.
A right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others.
The power to give orders and make decisions.

Explanation

Question 2 of 32

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What is politics? (You can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power.
Who gets what, when, how, and why.
The authoritative allocation of values for a society.
A particular set of Political beliefs or principles.
Interactions between states and the international system.

Explanation

Question 3 of 32

1

What is comparative politics?

Select one of the following:

The study of phenomena across states.
The study of interactions between states and the international system.
The study of good decision making.
The study of governments, justice, liberty, prosperity, rights, and war.

Explanation

Question 4 of 32

1

Which branch of the government is responsible for implementing laws?

Select one of the following:

Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Executive and legistalative

Explanation

Question 5 of 32

1

One or two houses of representatives in the legislative branch is referred to as...

Select one of the following:

uni- or bicameral
unitary or federal
codified or non-codified
ministries or cohabitation

Explanation

Question 6 of 32

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What is the "modernisation theory?"

Select one of the following:

The idea that democracy occurs as a result of economic growth and cultural changes.
The idea that democracy promotes economic growth due to more political freedom.
As countries become more secular, they experience more economic growth.
As countries democratise and experience economic growth, dramatic cultural changes will occur.

Explanation

Question 7 of 32

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What was Huntington's theory on global conflicts?

Select one of the following:

Global clashes occur as a result of a difference in economic interests.
Cultural characteristics will become more homogenised over time and less global conflicts will occur.
Individuals are born with certain characteristics, and these cultural characteristics will drive future conflicts.
Global conflicts do not occur as a result of clash of civilisations, as they don't actually exist as previously described in discourse.

Explanation

Question 8 of 32

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What are the differences between Marx and Weber's opinion on political identity?

Select one of the following:

Weber saw political identity as an ingrained part of our cultural identity, while Marx believed that economic interests was ingrained in political identity and our cultural identity.
Weber believed that it was political identity which would be the driving force in global conflicts, while Marx believed that it was economic identity.
Marx saw political cleavage as the driving force that effected economic interests, while Weber saw it as the cultural class-consciousness that influenced political identity.
Marx believes economic interests shapes political identity, while Weber believes it is cultural interests that shapes political identity.

Explanation

Question 9 of 32

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What was Madison's Dilemma?

Select one of the following:

Politicians are self-interested and governments should have a system of checks & balances.
States have usually been in contact with each other throughout history, which implies that the adoption of particular political systems cannot be isolated to a few select variables.
Humans are self-interested, but also desire the feeling of belonging, which explains why nationalism was such a late development.
The state only has power so long as its citizens believe in it.

Explanation

Question 10 of 32

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What was the democratisation sequence in the "transition paradigm?"

Select one of the following:

Breakthrough, opening, reform
Opening, breakthrough, consolidation
Collapse, opening, reform
Breakdown, opening, reform

Explanation

Question 11 of 32

1

What was the "collective action problem?"

Select one of the following:

A situation where individuals have private incentives, but decide to participate in an action that benefits all members of the group.
A situation where the legislature cannot come to a mutual agreement over a policy or law.
A situation where individuals have private incentives not to participate in an action that benefit all members of the group.
A situation where there is internal conflict within a party, and therefore a collective idea can be pursued.

Explanation

Question 12 of 32

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According to Hobbes, without a common power, society would exist in a state of...

Select one of the following:

peace and harmony
primordalism
cautious mistrust
anarchy/human nature

Explanation

Question 13 of 32

1

Which concepts did Locke's "Two Treaties on Government" expand upon?

Select one of the following:

The social contract and "divine right of kings"
The "divine rights of kings" and political identity
The social contract and political identity
The powers of the executive and legislative branch

Explanation

Question 14 of 32

1

According to the ideological state apparatuses...

Select one of the following:

economics reinforces ideological beliefs.
ideological differences between states creates conflicts.
states with a strong ideology tend to be authoritarian.
state institutes reproduce the conditions of a capitalist state.

Explanation

Question 15 of 32

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What are the ideas behind "good and bad governance?" (you can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Good governance is not necessarily moral governance.
Governance affects the quality of life
Form of government is predetermined by choice
We can distinguish between good and bad governance

Explanation

Question 16 of 32

1

Why was Machiavelli's "Il Principe" so influential?

Select one of the following:

It was the first sarcastic account of a political structure.
It bridged pre-modern and modern thinking.
It promoted authoritarian rule.
Machiavelli wrote it.

Explanation

Question 17 of 32

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What was John Stuart Mill's "method of difference?"

Select one of the following:

If two or more examples have a variable in common, and all only have only one other variable in common, the variables are correlated.
If a dependent variable is common to all instances but one, and in that one instance, the independent variable is different, the variables are correlated.
If different variables results in a common outcome, it is that common outcome which shows the instances are correlated.
If all variables are the same, except for one, and they all have share a common outcome, then the differing variable is an outlier.

Explanation

Question 18 of 32

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The independent variables of the "occupational hazards" are... (can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

necessity of occupation
whether the occupation furthers the interests of the occupying powers
commonly perceived threat
guarantee that the occupying force will withdraw is credible
success of overthrowing occupying force

Explanation

Question 19 of 32

1

Which factors can attribute to late state formation?

Select one of the following:

Military investment, agricultural production, collapse of feudalism, and enlightenment.
Capitalist economy, need to defend territory, shared cultural identity
Tax, stability of a centralised power, and democratic ideals
War, economics, political interests, and geographical luck

Explanation

Question 20 of 32

1

Which factors, that we discussed, can contribute to regime change?

Select one or more of the following:

Democratisation/collapse of democracy
Civic culture
Economic development
Conscription armies and mass education
Foreign policy interests of global powers and neighbours
Natural disasters
Economic crisis

Explanation

Question 21 of 32

1

What characterises "primordalism"?

Select one of the following:

Nations are naturally occurring entities, which you are born into.
Human nature has no objective for the greater good; it's a war of all against all.
Political leaders will do anything to maintain power; the end justifies the means.
Individuals will chose not to act for the greater good in favour for their own personal interests.

Explanation

Question 22 of 32

1

What are the essential components of a democratic constitutions?

Select one of the following:

Codified, established governmental organs, and popular sovereignty.
Open fair elections, accountability, reflection of national values.
Established governmental organs, guarantee of basic citizen rights, popular sovereignty.
Open fair elections, non-codified, guarantee of basic citizen rights for electorate.

Explanation

Question 23 of 32

1

What are the two forms of constitutionalism?

Select one of the following:

codified and non-codified
unitary and federal
realism and liberalism
presidential and parliamentary

Explanation

Question 24 of 32

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Which is not an example of a hybrid regime that we discussed?

Select one of the following:

Electoral democracies
Electoral autocracies
competitive authoritiarianism
competitive democracies

Explanation

Question 25 of 32

1

Which is not a necessary feature of democracy?

Select one of the following:

Accountability
Elected government
Elections by majority rule
Political pluralism

Explanation

Question 26 of 32

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What is it called when the President and Prime Minister's policies do not coordinate?

Select one of the following:

Competitive action problem
Constructivist
Unitary
Cohabitation

Explanation

Question 27 of 32

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In the Semi-Presidential system, the president is responsible for... (can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Appointing the Prime Minister
Policies
Dissolving parliament
Internal affairs
Nominating members of the legislature

Explanation

Question 28 of 32

1

In the Parliamentary system, the prime minister is responsible for... (can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

setting the agenda
Terminating the parliament
organising cabinet committees
allocating responsibilities
Appointing members of the legislature

Explanation

Question 29 of 32

1

In the Presidential system, the president is responsible for... (can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Dissolving the legislature
implementing policies
foreign affairs
emergencies
appointing members of the cabinet

Explanation

Question 30 of 32

1

Which are characteristics of a federal state?

Select one or more of the following:

delegation of powers from central authorities
state representation
deconcentration of central government employees away from the capital
multi-layered with subunits
decentralisation of supplementing and executing laws
devolution
neutral capital
necessity of court and judicial review
state consent built into constitutional revision process

Explanation

Question 31 of 32

1

Which factors contributed to the emergence of states?

Select one or more of the following:

Social and philosophical changes
War
Economics
Collapse of trading leagues
Peace and non-intervention policies
Nationalism

Explanation

Question 32 of 32

1

What were the criteria for declaring statehood according to the Montevideo Convention?

Select one or more of the following:

Permanent population
UN recognition
Nothing
Recognition by other states
Defined territory
A government
Capacity to enter into relations with other states
International law

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Quiz on Politics, created by hncampbell95 on 17/10/2014.

Politics

Question 1 of 32

What is power?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 32

What is politics? (You can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 32

What is comparative politics?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 32

Which branch of the government is responsible for implementing laws?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 32

One or two houses of representatives in the legislative branch is referred to as...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 32

What is the "modernisation theory?"

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 32

What was Huntington's theory on global conflicts?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 32

What are the differences between Marx and Weber's opinion on political identity?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 32

What was Madison's Dilemma?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 32

What was the democratisation sequence in the "transition paradigm?"

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 32

What was the "collective action problem?"

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 32

According to Hobbes, without a common power, society would exist in a state of...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 32

Which concepts did Locke's "Two Treaties on Government" expand upon?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 32

According to the ideological state apparatuses...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 32

What are the ideas behind "good and bad governance?" (you can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 32

Why was Machiavelli's "Il Principe" so influential?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 32

What was John Stuart Mill's "method of difference?"

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 32

The independent variables of the "occupational hazards" are... (can select more than one)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 32

Which factors can attribute to late state formation?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 32