Exam 3: Political Power, Authority, and the State

'Where coercion creates obedience at a high cost in manpower and equipment, __________ can control both the minds and the behaviour of individuals at a very low cost'.

'Authority can be defined as ___ power'.

The decision-making approach to power is exercised when…

Which of the following political thinkers were Marxists? Please select all that apply.

Complete the following quote from Karl Marx: 'The ideas of the ______________ are in every epoch the ruling ideas'.

Is it not the most insidious exercise of power to prevent people, to whatever degree, from having grievances by shaping their perceptions, cognitions, and preferences in such a way that they accept their role in the existing order of things, either because they can see or imagine no __________ to it, or because they see it as natural or unchangeable, or because they value it as divinely ordained and beneficial?

'Every exercise of power involves the imposition of someone's ________ upon another'

Matthew Crenson's study of air pollution politics in the United States is an example of which of the following? Please select all that apply.

The Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), (from whom Lukes borrows extensively), emphasized the ability of the ruling class to manipulate the proletariat ideologically through their___________, and regarded the role of intellectuals as crucial in challenging this domination (1971).

Which Marxist thinker uses the concept of the 'relative autonomy of the state'?

The advantage of the decision-making approach is that… Please select all that apply.

From a Marxist perspective, power is visible only through its consequences: they are the first and the final proof of the existence of power. The continuing _______ of wealth, income, and welfare that divide the population are ... the most visible manifestations of the division of power in a society such as Britain.

What is charismatic authority?

Which political scientist argues that business has a privileged position in the decision making arena?

Which political theorist identified three different 'faces of power'?