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22 Cards in this Set
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Law that is higher than human law is dubbed _____ law
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natural
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In the marxist view, government is a relfection of underlying ______ forces.
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economic
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Max Weber felt that the dominant social and political reality of modern times was that
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All instituition have fallen under the control of large bureacracies
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Weber's theory suggests it would be wise for scholars who want to study power to focus on
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Appointed officials and career government workers
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A pluralist might agree with all of the following except
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mass opinion and the interests of citizens are irrelevant to policy making.
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The fact that people have been willing to die over competing views of public interest suggests that
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such views are more than mere window dressing
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Aristotles notion of democracy is also refered to as
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Direct democracy & Participatory Democracy (B&D)
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In Aristotles view, democracy would consist of
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Participation by all or most citizens in either holding office or making policy
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Which of the following is a basic tenet of representative democracy
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individuals should acquire power through competition for the people's vote
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If you fear the people often decide big issues on the basis of fleeting passions and in response to demagogues, you are likely to agree with
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many framers of the constituition
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Which of the following statements concering power is correct?
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all of the above; its excercize can sometimes be obvious, it can be exercised in subtle ways, it invovles a person getting another person to act in accordance with the first person's wishes
it is found in all human relationships |
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Which of the following statements about authority is correct?
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it is defined as the right to use power
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Americans seem to agree that the exercise of political power at any level is legitimate only if, in some sense, it is
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Democratic
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The framers of the constituition did not think that the "will of the people" was synonymous with "the public good"
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true
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the framers hoped to create a representative democracy that would act swiftly and accommodate sweeping changes in policy
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false
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Marxist theory sees society as divided into two classes: capitalists and workers
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true
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Weber assigned a significant amount of power to appointed officials in the bureaucracies of modern governments
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true
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Politicws exists in part because people differ about who should govern and the ends toward which they work
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true
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most people holding political power in the US today are middle-class, middle-aged, white protestant males
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true
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much of american political history has been a struggle over what constitutes legitimate authority
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true
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everyone in the ancient Greek city state was eligible to participate in government
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false
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some writers of the Constituiton opposed democracy on the grounds that the people would be unable to make wise decisions
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true
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