A. are organizations designed to gain control of the government but not necessarily by putting their own people in office
B. tend to be pulled to the “right”
C. must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win
D. tend to be barriers between citizens and the government
Political and Economic Power
How do market and command economies differ ?
A. Market economies rely on free markets whereas command economies rely on consumer sovereignty
B. Market economies rely on cooperation whereas command economies rely on conflict
C. Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property
D. Market and command economies do not differ substantially, but their political institutions do
In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that………….?
A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
C. 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
D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement
Which theorist sees power as the chance that you will get your way even against opponents ?
A. Steven Lukes
B. Max Weber
C. Michel Foucault
D. Jean Baudrillard
Which of the following is not an example of an institution or organization of global governance ?
A. United States of America
B. the European Union
C. the United Nations
D. the International Criminal Court
The global spread of democracy is probably the most striking trend in geopolitics but in the established Western democracies what has now become a source of major concern ?
A. electoral fraud
B. the expanding number of small political parties
C. the decline in voter turnout
D. security problems with-e-voting
The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements .. a “social movement industry” …. within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ………..?
A. new social movement theory
B. collective behavior theory
C. social strain theory
D. resource mobilization theory
Which of these is Steven Lukes,s third dimension of power ………….?
A. the ability to influence decisions in a conflict situation
B. the ability to manipulate others desires
C. the ability to control the issues discussed
D. the ability to appeal to legal-rational authority
What is the term used by Francis Fukuyama (1992) to describe the triumph of Western-style democracy has over other forms of government ?
A. the end of history
B. the rise of neoliberalism
C. the fall of communism
D. the birth of nationalism