Exam 14: Politics and Government in Global Perspective

______________ authority is held by elected or appointed government officials and by officers in a formal organization.However,authority is invested in the office,not in the person who holds the office.

Political parties create a______________,which is a formal statement of the party's political positions on various social and economic issues.

A party won 40 percent of the vote and received 40 seats in the 100-seat legislative body;the other party won 60 percent of the vote and received the remaining 60 seats in the 100-seat legislative body.This is an example of:

According to sociologist Max Weber,______________authority is power legitimized by law or written rules and regulations.

Unlike absolute monarchs,______________monarchies are not considered to be above the law.

More soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan than in either World War I or World War II.

Provide a review of political systems from a global perspective.

Today,the federal bureaucracy employs______________people in civilian positions.

______________ argue that people stay away from the polls because they feel alienated from politics at all levels of government-federal,state,and local-due to political corruption and influence peddling by special interests and large corporations.

Your text highlights some of the stories that the U.S.media did not do a good job of reporting.Which of these do you think is the most important? Why?

Some members of Congress have been willing to support measures that expand the government- corporation complex because doing so provides a unique opportunity for them to assist their local constituencies by authorizing funding for defense-related industries and military bases in their home districts.These activities constitute a long-standing political practice known as stacking the deck.

Discuss militarism and explain why support for this ideology has been so strong in the United States.

Civil and guerrilla wars,covert operations,and some forms of terrorism are examples of:

In______________monarchies,the royalty serve as symbolic rulers or heads of state while actual authority is held by elected officials in the national parliaments.

According to a New York Times/CBS News poll,Tea Party supporters are______________than the general public.

According to sociologist______________,the purpose of government is to socialize people to be good citizens,to regulate the economy so that it operates effectively,and to provide necessary services for citizens.

In dictatorships,power is gained and held by a single individual.Pure dictatorships are rare;all rulers need the support of the military and the backing of business elites to maintain their position.Dictatorships occur in______________.

Although______________theorists acknowledge that the government serves a number of important purposes in society,they assert that government exists for the benefit of wealthy or politically powerful elites who use the government to impose their will on the masses.

People have a greater tendency to accept authority as legitimate if they are______________________________________________________________________ dependent on those who hold power.

When cities developed circa 3500-3000 B.C.E. ,the______________(a city whose power extended to adjacent areas)became the center of political power.