Which statement about political parties is true?
Correct answer C. Must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win
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What is the key difference between market and command economies?
Correct answer B. Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property
After the collapse of Soviet communism, what did some observers suggest when reviewing capitalism worldwide?
Correct answer D. In dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a "government-business symbiosis " different from that in Europe and the United States
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Which theorist defines power as the chance of getting your own way even against opposition?
Correct answer B. Max Weber
Which of these is not an institution or organisation of global governance?
Correct answer C. United States of America
Democracy has spread globally, but what has become a major concern in established Western democracies?
Correct answer D. The decline in voter turnout
One theory sees social movements as operating in a competitive field, a ‘social movement industry’, where they compete for members and activists. Which theory is this?
Correct answer D. Resource mobilisation theory
What is Steven Lukes’s third dimension of power?
Correct answer C. The ability to manipulate others desires
What phrase did Francis Fukuyama (1992) use for the triumph of Western liberal democracy over other forms of government?
Correct answer C. The end of history
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