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15 Cards in this Set
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What is used to define the classic nation-state?
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Government
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Why do we study a country's past?
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We study the past to better understand the present.
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Political scientists moved away from studying institutions and toward studying political culture after World War II. Why?
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They camwhate to believe that citizen political attitudes explained a country's political behavior better than its formal institutions.
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What residents tend to be more participatory, more aware of politics, and more leftist?
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Urban dwellers
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Why is education important for understanding a country's political culture?
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Education is an important path to elite status.
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What is important to a country but not appropriate for defining the concept of country because it can be very diverse.
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population
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If 1990 population growth trends continue, Britain will soon have more people than France.
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False.
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In attempting to establish democracy, the gradual expansion of the electoral franchise is probably better than a process that is too early or too fast.
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False.
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The end of the Cold War means it is sensible to divide Old Soviet bloc countries into what?
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Central Europe and the Balkans.
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Huntington’s thesis that democracy spreads in waves suggests that the trend toward democracy observed in the 1980s has now probably stalled permanently.
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False.
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When an interest group has structured access it is linked to what?
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It's linked to a political party with similar views.
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Why is the economy a key quarrel issue?
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Because it is about the permanent political struggle over who gets what.
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In comparing countries' politics, what do we search for?
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Patterns and regularities.
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"The country should adopt the best health care system it can afford, regardless of whether it is private, public, or a mixture of the two."
This statement reflects what point of view? |
A pragmatic point of view.
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Feudalism balanced power between (what) and the (what)?
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The King and the nobles.
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