Exam 17: Politics and Government

Terrorism has been called a new kind of warfare because:

What is terrorism? What is state terrorism?

A sociological profile of men and women in the U.S. armed forces reveals a large share of young people who:

A power-elite approach to the U.S. political system suggests that:

What Weber called the routinization of charisma involves charismatic authority:

Rational-legal authority is also called "bureaucratic authority" because it usually is rooted in formal offices.

Terrorism is considered to be a new form of asymmetrical warfare.

Preindustrial societies, explained Max Weber, are characterized by having:

Extensive civil liberties make democratic societies very vulnerable to terrorism.

According to Max Weber, why does society need to transform power into authority? In what three ways does this transformation take place? What is the link between traditional authority and preindustrial production? How are rational-legal authority and industrial/postindustrial production linked?

Traditional authority gains importance as a society becomes industrialized.

Authoritarian governments give people little voice in politics.

Traditional authority gains importance as a society becomes industrialized.

Special-interest groups represent liberal interests, while political-action committees represent conservative interests.

What have sociologists learned about the social make-up of the U.S. armed forces? Which categories of people are likely to be in the military? Do you think that the policy of having a "volunteer" army spreads the responsibility for national policy? Why or why not?

Which of all U.S. wars was the most deadly in terms of loss of (U.S.) lives?

A pluralist approach to the U.S. political system suggests that:

Which nations in the world today claim to be democratic?

Political revolution almost always produces:

In most of the states, people convicted of serious crimes cannot vote.