Exam 14: Politics

Describe and explain Max Weber's 3 bases of authority and provide examples for each.

According to which of the following models is political power widely dispersed across many competing interest groups?

Which of the following characterizes governments that are intermediate between democracy and autocracy?

The fact that women, new immigrants, and people from the lower social classes generally are rarely represented politically is the basis for a critique of which theory?

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.Which of the following nations does Inga live in?

In Canada, people use an electoral process to determine a leader.What type of society does Canada exemplify?

Power is illegitimate when people regard its use as morally correct or justified.

Compare and contrast the state and civil society.

What happened in the "free trade election" of 1988, and what lessons can be learned about the Canadian political system from it?

A social movement is a collective attempt to change all or part of the social order.

What are the social preconditions of democracy?

The Canadian electoral system is based on the British "first-past-the-post" model.Explain how this model works, and discuss why it is a problematic system for Canada.

When the populace recognizes the right of rulers to rule, what does power become?

A business entrepreneur wants to open a pharmacy, but finds himself bogged down in a quagmire of bureaucracy, rules, and regulations required to set up his business.Select the term that best describes whose responsibility it is to regulate such activities.

In spite of opposition from universities across the province, a collective movement of students is able to secure a tuition freeze for five years.What would sociologists argue the group of students has been able to demonstrate?

When power is widely diffused, we can speak of pluralist theory.

How does the textbook define authority?

The largest wave of democracy began in the mid-1970s with the downfall of military dictatorships in Portugal and Greece.

When considering its basic form, what is the most fundamental characterization of power?

Which theory examines how the state influences and structures political life?