Exam 15: Authority and the State

Using two similarities and two differences,compare and contrast democracies and dictatorships.With a focus on political participation,explain why some states end up as democracies and others become dictatorships.

The president vetoes a bill although there are many supporters.This is an example of:

During the Cold War,the United States tended to use hard power with regard to international relations.Joseph Nye,former assistant secretary of defense,concludes that use of hard power in international politics today is:

Why does Puerto Rico have higher voting rates than the United States?

Compare and contrast hard power and soft power,using examples.

Promotions to higher levels within an idealized bureaucratic hierarchy based on achievement rather than personal attributes or favoritism refers to:

Briefly define the three theories-logic of industrialism,neo-Marxist theory,and state-centered approaches-that explain how and why the welfare state developed.Which theory do you find most persuasive,and why?

The principle of ________ means that each state tacitly agrees to mind its own business when it comes to the internal affairs of other sovereign countries,as long as borders are respected.

A group of students launch a campaign to reduce malaria.The campaign's theme is "Malaria Kills: Why Aren't You Stopping It?" and is targeted at the general public.Jennifer Jacquet's research predicts this campaign will be ineffective because it is using shame to promote change,and shame doesn't work when:

The citizens who have the most to lose by not being politically active are the group most vulnerable to changing political and policy definitions of what constitutes a social right.Who makes up this group?

Rumiel is a student working on a group project about Jennifer Jacquet's research.Rumiel does far less work than the other group members.At a meeting that Rumiel doesn't bother to attend,the other group members say they're going to put Jacquet's research into action,so they decide to:

Organizations ruled by traditional authority run into problems when a situation occurs:

An organization that seeks to gain power in a government,generally by backing candidates for office who subscribe to certain policies and values,is referred to as:

Legal-rational authority allows a governor to make laws,but not a police officer.What is the difference between the governor and the police officer?

The Milgram experiment helped explain the actions of Nazis during the Holocaust because it showed that people:

When a company dominates because it has a monopoly on the industry,this is called domination by:

Describe the Milgram experiment.What were the researchers trying to measure? What did this experiment help to explain? Invent another experiment that could seek understanding about the same area of human experience.

Sociologist T.H.Marshall discussed three types of citizenship rights.Which of the following is one of these rights?

In 1961,Stanley Milgram devised an experiment to measure:

A government institutes new laws for public schools.Parents begin writing letters of protest and demanding meetings with their government officials.Use Steven Lukes's three-dimensional model to describe how power is present in this conflict.In your answer,be sure to explain whether or not each of the three dimensions of power is at play.