Exam 14: Politics and Power

When a civil society prepares for war, it includes production of weapons and the glorification of war, and though it is often contested, this process is called:

Collective group actions in response to uneven development, inequality, and injustice that seek to build institutional networks to transform cultural patterns and government policies are referred to as a(n):

Adolf Hitler was able to create a powerful unified state in Germany by blaming minorities such as Jews and Gypsies for the countries problems and promoting the idea of German people as "übermench" or superior people, who were better than others. This made the idea of persecuting minorities seem natural and expanding German dominance over Europe like a reasonable course of action. This feeling of belonging and superiority is known as:

East German soldiers and border guards had been ready and willing to shoot and kill members of the U.S. military who they saw as enemies who would just as gladly kill them, yet after they had been demobilized by the reunited Germany, they were able to sit down with former enemies and eat, talk, and laugh. This demonstrates that states go about what process?

The dominant group in a state reinforces its ability to create consent and agreement about what is normal and appropriate through the promotion of intense feelings of:

Social movements build support and justify collective action through the creation of common understandings of their cause, and this is called the:

An organization that advocates for members of local communities and against uneven development and fights unfair state policies is referred to as a(n):

Describe what it means to say that the state, soldiers, and warfare are all constructed.

An autonomous regional political structure with a central government authorized to make laws and use political, economic, and military force to maintain order and defend its territory is referred to as a:

Describe militarization and its effects on a society. How does it relate to the construction of war and soldiers?

In a brief essay, describe three elements of a social movement. Provide examples to illustrate your description.

In the 1950s, Jim Crow laws in many parts of the United States created a caste system of legal inequality. White Americans and black Americans had to live by different and inherently unfair rules and members of the civil rights movement held protests, sit-ins, and marches to oppose this legal inequality that eventually resulted in the Civil Rights Act, which eliminated much of the legal inequality in the country. This is an example of a:

Early states played an important role in the development of most areas of the world, so their origin, construction, and organization are the focus of modern:

The development and organization of states such as Iraq through the colonial policies of Britain and France rather than the "will of the people" that live in those states create many conflicts today. This makes these states the focus of:

A small, kinship-based group of foragers who move over a particular territory is known as a:

In a brief essay, describe three ways power is wielded outside the control of the state.

The Maasai people created their own nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in an effort to represent them at negotiations and assert their political rights to resources and recognition with the Tanzanian government, which had largely ignored them. These are examples of a(n):

Compare and contrast the concepts of the band, the tribe, and the chiefdom. What are the advantages of each?

Groups of indigenous people like the Maasai, who live outside the direct control of the government of Tanzania and have had to form their own nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other political organizations to fight against the state's efforts to act as though they did not exist, are today known as:

In a brief essay, compare and contrast the concept of power, in general, with state power, and give an example of each.