Exam 14: Politics and Government in Global Perspective

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

According to your text,what is important to remember about television news shows?

Political scientists Dye,Zeigler,and Schubert summarized the key elements of pluralism.Which of the following is NOT one of these concepts?

The people who are paid to influence legislation on behalf of specific clients are referred to as:

Although the U.S.Constitution grants______________authority to the office of the presidency,a president who fails to uphold the public trust may be removed from office.

______________ is the formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationships among members of a society and between the society and those outside its borders.

Apply the functionalist perspective on power and political systems.

Explain what is meant by governmental bureaucracy.

Most leaders do not want to base their power on force alone;they seek to legitimize their power by turning it into______________,which is the power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive.

Political scientists Thomas Dye and Harmon Zeigler suggest that all of the following are reasons why political parties do not "measure up" to certain ideal-type characteristics EXCEPT that:

______________ is an element of the Iron Triangle.

______________ terrorism uses intimidation,coercion,threats of harm,and other violence that attempts to bring about a significant change in or overthrow an existing government.

All of the following are levels of participation in the government EXCEPT:

______________ is the area of sociology that examines the nature and consequences of power within or between societies,as well as the social and political conflicts that lead to changes in the allocation of power.

British kings and queens historically traced their authority from God.Members of subordinate classes obey a leader's edicts out of economic and political dependency,and sometimes personal loyalty.This example illustrates:

______________ requires that citizens be able to meet together regularly to debate and decide the issues of the day.

According to sociologist Max Weber,in traditional authority,the governmental bureaucracy is the apparatus responsible for creating and enforcing rules in the public interest.Traditional authority is the only means to attain efficient,flexible,and competent regulation under a rule of law.

The only thing the U.S.government spends more money on than defense is______________.

During the nineteenth century,the government:

Analysis of media coverage has found that the U.S.media has done an inadequate job of covering the Fukushima nuclear disaster.