Exam 14: Politics

Amartya is angry with the leadership at her university because she believes that most of the grants,student work-study projects,and bursaries are given to undeserving but well-connected students.She organizes other students who create an organization that mounts protests,educates the public and campus population,and attempts to put pressure on the university to change its policies.What is this organization an example of?

Explain what factors determine a nation's risk of war.

What do we call the ability to achieve one's goals despite opposition from others?

Which of the following is an important precondition that must be met to create a stable democratic society?

Describe pluralist theory.

What are the three waves of democracy discussed by the textbook? Describe what is needed to sustain democratic institutions and activity.

According to the textbook,what undermined the first historical wave of democracy?

How is state-centred theory different from power resource and elite theories?

Leonard believes that public policy in Canada is influenced by shifts in power,and the balance in power between people of different classes,ethnicities,and regions.Which theory does he subscribe to?

North Korea is a nation that strives to regulate all aspects of the citizenry's public and private life.What type of society does North Korea exemplify?

A landmark in decentralization and regionalization took place in 1959.In that year,Quebec and the federal government agreed that a provincial or territorial government not wanting to participate in a federal program could receive federal funds to set up its own laws and programs.

Which of the following elements of civil society specializes in keeping a close watch on the activities of politicians and the state and informing the public about their activities?

According to the textbook,which election was the most important Canadian federal election of the twentieth century?

What type of political organization competes for control of the government in regular elections and puts forth policy alternatives?

Discuss the reasons why societal warfare has replaced interstate warfare globally today.

What evidence do critics of pluralism have to counter the pluralist theory? Which position do you support and why?

Which theory examines how government officials are power-holders,mainly based upon the fact that they hold political office?

In the movie Gangs of New York (2002),the nation-state lacked legitimacy in the eyes of many of its citizens.Rival gangs vied for dominance,politicians were corrupt,and violence was used to secure power.What type of state does this characterize?

Inga lives in a nation that holds a federal election every five years and is fully supportive of its citizens' rights through its constitution and charter of rights and freedoms.What kind of nation does Inga live in?

What kind of system is in place when political power is concentrated into the hands of a few and when most of the public is relatively politically powerless?