Exam 14: Politics and Government in Global Perspective

Sociologist G.William Domhoff argues that the media:

Power is a dimension in the structure of social stratification.Persons in positions of power control valuable resources of society and are able to direct the actions of others while protecting and enhancing the privileged social position of their class.

Apply the conflict perspective on power and political systems.

All of the following could be considered elements of the iron triangle of power EXCEPT:

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

__________ are especially concerned about how the social institutions of politics and the economy operate and how the time that people spend with various forms of media influences their perspectives on life in the global community.

__________ result when military officers seize power from the government,as has happened in recent decades in Argentina,Chile,and Haiti.

Describe the military-industrial complex and explain why it is called an iron triangle.

In __________ monarchies,a powerful figure claims a hereditary right to rule (based on membership in a noble family) or a divine right to rule (a God-given right to rule that legitimizes the exercise of power).

According to sociologist G.William Domhoff,the ruling class is comprised of:

According to the __________ model,power in political systems is widely dispersed throughout many competing interest groups.

The __________ is the political entity that possesses a legitimate monopoly over the use of force within its territory to achieve its goals.

__________ 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.

According to sociologist G.William Domhoff,the ruling class influences the political process in all of the following ways EXCEPT that:

Examine the significance of current world events in relation to the role of the media and their attempt to report on war and political unrest.

The Tea Party movement is pessimistic about the direction that its members think the United States has taken under the Obama administration,and the group wants to do something about it.

According to Weber,__________ is power that is legitimized on the basis of long-standing custom.

The ________ is pessimistic about the direction that its members think the United States has taken under the Obama administration,and the group wants to do something about it.

In 2009,the _________ movement emerged to support more constitutionally limited government and to oppose various stimulus and bailout programs that use federal monies.

The __________ of charisma occurs when charismatic authority is succeeded by a bureaucracy controlled by a rationally established authority or by a combination of traditional and bureaucratic authority.