Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective and Research Process

The corporate rich influence the political system by_______________ .

People are not likely to accept authority as legitimate when_____________ .

In a(n)_______________ system, governments enforce conformity, deny citizens the right to assemble for political purposes, restrict access to information, and employ secret police to create an environment of fear and suspicion.

_____________is a political system in which power resides in one person or family and is passed from generation to generation through lines of inheritance.

Which of these is not one of the four main functions of government?

Although_______________ theorists acknowledge that there are many purposes of government, they also believe that government primarily works in the interests of the wealthy or politically powerful elites in society.

Party loyalties are becoming increasingly strong among American voters.

All true nation-states have the same type of government.

Monarchies are most commonly associated with _____________societies and with _____________authority.

The _______________make(s) up the top level of C. Wright Mill's pyramidal model of the power elite.

Even in presidential election years, voter turnout can be low. For example, in the 2012 presidential election, approximately _______________of eligible voters cast ballots.

Rational-legal authority is also known as _____________authority, which is based on an organizational structure that includes a clearly defined division of labor, hierarchy of authority, formal rules, and impersonality.

The pluralist model is rooted in a _______________perspective, which assumes that people in a nation share a consensus on central concerns and that the government provides services that no other institution can fulfill.

_______________is a political system in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives.

_______________are political coalitions made up of individuals or groups that share a specific interest they wish to protect or advance within the political system.

The royal families in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands are present-day examples of __________.

In addition to direct merger, competition is reduced over the long run by _______________, where members of the board of directors of one corporation also sit on the board(s) of other corporations.

Gender, race, and class are closely intertwined with traditional authority. Political scientist Zillah Eisenstein applied the term _____________to the interplay of race and gender that reinforces traditional structures of power in contemporary societies.

A person who is on the board of a bank also sits on the board of a computer manufacturing company that borrows money from that bank. This is an example of a(n)_______________ .

Research indicates that social media has a significant influence on voters decisions about candidates and political issues.