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In the pluralist approach, the goverment is viewed as
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a neutral arbiter
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Political stratification refers to the segmentation of the _____ into seperate groups that are in Strata with higher or lower.
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population, power
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The analysis of Swaziland in Focus 9 most Closely conforms the _____ approace
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Elite
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In the elite approach, the term understructure generally refers tot he
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government
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a major factor in the elite Approach explanation of policymaking is
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The apathy of more people regarding policy decisions
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According to Karl Marx, Class distintions are based primarily on
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a groups relationship to the facors of production
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A seminal Scholar of the pluralist approach is
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Robert Dahl
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The following scholars argued that development will occur in six stages
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Karl Marx
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The following is NOT an important characteristic of a highly developed political system
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A large military
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The central theme of the example of turkey since 1922 in focus 10 is that
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Strong political leadership can be the driving force in the modernazation process
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IF the idea of "waves of democracy" is correct, the proportion of democratic countries will
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sometimes increase and sometimes decline
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According the DEPENDENCY APPROACH, the actors on the periphery are important suppliers of which resources
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Raw Materials
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Gaetano Moscas THE RULING CLASS is most consistent with
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The elite approach
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The idea that inequality inevitably produces political conflict is most consistent with
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The class approach
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The assumption that many different resources can influence policy decisions is crucial to
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the pluralist approach
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The core principle of neoliberalism as an approach to development is
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to maximize the economic freedom of firms
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According to Samuel Huntington, how many waves of democratization have there been among modern states
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three
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In emphasizing the importance of culture in the processes of change, Max Weber.
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drew a linkage between the protestant religion and the rise of capitalism
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Marx proposed a stage taxonomy of development in which the initial stage is labeled.
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primitive communism
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A political system completely loses its capacity to maintain basic order can be characterized as
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a failed state
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this colonial style involves an attempt to transform a colonial state into an external extension of the dominate state
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assimilationist colonialism
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Which colonial style is characterized by an official withdrawal of the dominant state, but with domination maintained, usually economic leverage
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Neocolonialism
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The increasing international integration of markets and technologies is termed
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Globalization
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A major global group key industrial and emerging market countries that meets periodically is called
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The ICJ
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Which of the following is NOT a key assumption of political realism
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People desire a stong leader
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The following would have the least relevance from a geopolitical perspective.
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A countrys ethnic composition
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The purpose of the Helsinki Agreement is to
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Define unacceptable behavior by combatants during war
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The classical notion of balance of power
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Describes am approach for the maintaining stability in the relations among states.
Explains that peace can be assured by a balancing of contending states. Holds that there will be periodic episodes of political violence and war. |
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The following is a key assumption of political idealism.
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Political institutions can promote cooperative relations among states
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When a group of states cooperates to withhold valued resources from a state in order to pressure that state to comply without violence, the strategy is called.
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Collaborative exchange
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Thomas Hobbes believed that individuals submitted to the social contract in an attempt to ensure that
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Force would be the final resort for resolving disagreement
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in the wars since 1950, the ratios of civillian deaths to milirary deaths has?
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Increased substantially
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One of the key issues in classifying an act as terrorism can be.
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whether the victims are noncombatants
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Some of the worlds most peaceful states are in
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Scandinavia
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Class theorist argue that the "real" conflict underlying what appears to be nation-based violence is differences in
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socioeconomic conditions
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The ultimate goal of most revolutions is
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To replace the existing political system with a fundamentally different one
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The following characteristic is NOT correlated with a states propensity to engage in war
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A nondemocratic government
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The murder of many members of one ethnic group by members of another is increasingly referred to as
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Genocide
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The following is a key characteristic of a coup
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The top leader or part of the leadership is replaced by violent means
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The following is a key cause of revolution
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frustrated expectations
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The region with the greatest concentrations of monarchy or theocracy regimes is_____
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Middle east
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Afghannistan, Iraq, Cote DIvoire, Haiti and Somali are classified as what type of political system
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State of disorder
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What % of people live in established democracies?
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43%
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Only____ countries have ever had women head of government
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35
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The following regions have the greatest concentration of countries with a gender-related development index score above 900
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Western Europe
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What are the name of the hurricane that struck the US east coast in October 2012
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Sandy
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Who is republican vice presidential candidate
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paul RYan
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Whos is current US secretary or state
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Hilary Clinton
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The US federal organization that assist with disaster relief is
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FEMA
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The current US sanctions against the country of iran are due to
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Iran developing its nuclear capabilities
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