Polisci Questions

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In legal-rational authority, the ruler exercises power to govern based on legal rules and procedures to maintain public order. As leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Mao’s political authority was _______

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Largely legal-rational and charismatic.

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Political Ideologies are sets of ideas and beliefs that inspire and affect political action, thus, ideologies are ____

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Never Neutral

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The following features best describe free-market environmentalism.

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Private property ownership; free market economy; full environmental production cost.

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According to Mintz et. al ___ is largely about collective decision-making, because of the diversity of needs, ideas, and wants andthe resources for distribution are never enough

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Politics

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Examples of Counter-ideologies are ____

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environmentalism, reform liberalism, and social conservatism

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_____ is generally a desirable good for all members of the community.

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Common good

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Power is inherent in politics as people are largely _____

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coerced, influenced, or persuaded to obtain the common good.

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The following features best describe Marxism and communism

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Class conflict, cooperative nature of human beings, workers control the state

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In Canada, education is a political issue, so that Canadians have _____regarding funding for educational institutions.

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different opinions

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The following features best describe socialist feminism

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patriarchal capitalist system; transformation of capitalist system

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The following features best describe conservatism

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Inherently irrational humans, law and order, and strong government

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When Canada imposed Sanctions on Russia, Canada was using power as _____

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Coercion

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Politics is important in conflict resolution. Whether in a family, business, or government, people with ____

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opposing views do cooperate

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Government decisions have ______ on the lives of people

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Different impacts.

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______ suggest that a limited government should promote the separation between religion and politics

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Liberalism

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The key characteristics of liberal democracy:

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Western representative democracy, rule of law, and rights and freedoms

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In a _______, the political executives are also legislators.

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Parliamentary system

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When public laws are being decided by the people themselves, _____ exists.

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Democracy

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_____ means citizens have the opportunity to evaluate regularly how political leaders perform in office.

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Accountability

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A nation refers to a group of people who have a sense of belonging based largely on _____

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Identity

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The political leaders in a ____ regime encourage the proliferation of civil society organizations advocating their own political interests.

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Democratic

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The government makes political and administrativedecisions on a daily basis. Thus, it includes the following:

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prime minister, cabinet, and bureaucracy

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The Benn video emphasizes the principles of ____ in a functioning democracy

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Freedom and equality

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This form of government subjects everyone, including the government, under the law.

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Polity

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The state is characterized by the following:

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sovereign, government, and permanent

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Plebiscitary democracy is most appropriately described as:

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Populist, direct vote by citizens, and citizen's petition

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When the citizens elect their political leaders, it indicates _____ present in liberal democracy.

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Popular participation

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Representative democracy is best described as:

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party representation, election, and indirect democracy

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Timely access to information is important in _____ democratic government

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Transparent

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Adolf Hitler in Germany was a ______ leader because his government controlled and monitored the lives of citizens.

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totalitarian regime

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When the interests of the voters in a riding, rather than national interest, are the priority, representation is called ______

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delegate model

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_____ Ideology supports New Public Management which adopts entrepreneurship into public administration

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neoliberalism

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In the New Public Management, public administration is characterized as:

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businesslike, lean public service, and decentralized

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Thelegislature in presidential system is ___ than parliamentary system because thelegislators are able to develop or modify policy proposals.

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more open

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It implies that external controls over the power of the bureaucracy are necessary.

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Administocracy

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Theyare generally viewed as the most powerful government agencies because they haveadministrative, fiscal, and policy powers.

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Central Agencies

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____ implies that parliamentary lawmakers cannot always vote according to their conscience.

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Strong party discipline

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Holding the government accountable for its actions or inactions is the responsibility of the ____

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legislators

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Amajority government in a parliamentary system is very decisive,thus effective, because the political executives control ____ of government.

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Both the executive and legislative branches

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Partnership with voluntary organization is a _____ strategy of delivering government services.

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New Public Management

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In instrumental representation, the voter is called ____ in its relationship with the member of parliament.

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principal

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Being involved in policymaking is generally viewed as a political function of the modern bureaucracy. It includes ______

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drafting of proposed bills

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The ___ control(s) the power of the bureaucrats because of the ability to appoint or remove deputy ministers from their advisory functions.

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Cabinet ministers

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Alberta has a one-party dominant system because one particular party wins elections and governs for a long period of time, but there are ____ in elections.

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more than two parties competing

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The political party which may have a better chance to govern in a democracy because it is perceived as less ideological, and seeks compromises of varied interests.

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brokerage party

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It connects the citizens and their government

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political party

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The central or national government is specified by the constitution to have the only sovereign power in a ______.

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Unitary system

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Theconstitution establishes the fundamentalrules and principles by which a State is governed. Thus, itspecifies the State's ____.

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Form of government

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A _____ always produces a majority government

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one-party dominant system

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Whether the state has a fusion or separation of political powers is determined by its _____

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Constitution

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_____ allows the courts to declare a law to be unconstitutional.

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Judicial review

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Thenotwithstanding clause allows provincial governments to pass laws that ___ aCanadian citizen’s freedom of opinion or expression.

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May suppress

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The Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada are originally ____

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Cadre parties or elite-based.

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The rule of law or constitutionalism in liberal democracies means that there should be limits on the power of _____

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Government

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This party system has five or more significant parties, with no single party having a large number of seats

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Fragmented multi-party system

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Theproportional representation is a/an ___ because it determines the number ofseats a political party could win based on the percentage of votes and,eventually, which party could form the government.

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electoral system

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This principle gives every adult citizen in a democracy the right to choose political leaders regardless of gender, ethnicity, class, or education.

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Universal suffrage

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The world values survey results indicating support for democracy is an example of _____

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public opinion

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It is the primary means by which citizens participate in government affairs.

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Election

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It is anelectoral system that gives a political party seats based on winning the mostvotes in some districts as well as the popular votes.

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mixed-member proportional

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The preferential voting requires a candidate to win the majority of votes after the voters preferences are considered and counted. Thus, it is a ____ system.

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Majoritarian

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It is an electoral system that ensures the winning candidate has the support of the majority of the constituency.

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Preferential voting system

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It suggeststhat there are various political cultures in a political community, such asethnic, linguistic, religious, class, regional, gender or generationalgroupings.

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Sub-culture

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It explains why most Albertans dislike big governments.

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Political sub-culture

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They haveinfluence over government leaders, laws and public policies, but they do notonly seek to change public policies but also transform the values of thesociety in general.

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Social movements

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Theymaintain their effectiveness in influencing government actions and policiesbecause of the largely grassroots nature of political participation, whichpotentially generates new ideas and shape political discourse.

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Social movements.

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Thisparticular perspective considers the role of media in shaping political cultureas served neither by public nor private organizations, but by making journalismas ethical as possible.

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Social responsibility

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Family plays an important role in _____ , thus, if our parents value voting and elections we are more likely to vote during elections.

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Political socialization

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This term implies that elections generally allow the citizens to choose the party they believe is most competent to design and implement solutions to deal with important government issues.

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Valence issues

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It occurs when children hear their parents give their views on the political parties.

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Political socialization.

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In principle, politicalrepresentation requiresthe Members of Parliament to cast their votes based on ____.

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The people's wishes

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Thebureaucracy's main function is to run the government as efficiently as possibleon a daily basis.

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Public Administration

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Theconstitution of the UK is ___ because it does not have a formal document calledthe Constitution.

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Uncodified

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In democracies, political parties help articulate political interests to the public as their parties’ policy _____.

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Platforms

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The Canadianconstitution can be considered a mixture of a variety of elements consisting of constitutional conventions,such as the ___.

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Non-confidence rule in Parliament.