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What is the "state" and what are its primary features?

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Question 2

Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up their rights to the coercive power of the state in order to

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A)  seek greater equality between peoples.
B)  gain religious freedom.
C)  escape anarchy.
D)  escape authoritarianism.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Which one of the following accurately reflects the order of concepts from weakly institutionalized to highly institutionalized?

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A)  state, regime, government
B)  regime, government, state
C)  government, state, regime
D)  government, regime, stateE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

How is a regime different from a government? What are the components that make up the regime of the United States?

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Question 5

Sovereignty is primarily defined as the ability of

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A)  individuals to vote freely in elections without restriction by the state or external actors.
B)  individuals to depend on laws and regulations to be enforced with impartiality.
C)  states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independent of external actors or internal rivals.
D)  states to influence other actors in the international system by means of physical, cultural, or economic force.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Country is a shorthand term for the combination of

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A)  regime, government, nation.
B)  nation, state, ideology.
C)  territory, regime, state.
D)  regime, state, government.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Russia is a good example of a state with

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A)  high capacity but low autonomy.
B)  low capacity but high autonomy.
C)  high capacity and high autonomy.
D)  low capacity and low autonomy.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Do you live under a weak or strong state? How do the concepts of autonomy and capacity help in thinking about the categories of strong and weak?

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Question 9

Charles Tilly suggests that the modern state beat out rival forms of political organization primarily because it

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A)  linked religious authority to political authority.
B)  settled near trade routes.
C)  staked out an area, consolidated power, taxed its subjects, and defended its territory.
D)  developed the means by which groups could defend themselves through state building.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Political scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as

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A)  a small regional unit within a country, found only under federalism.
B)  an organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory.
C)  the basic rules and norms of politics.
D)  any condition that leads to political action.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

In which of the following ways does a government built primarily on charismatic legitimacy differ from one based on traditional legitimacy?

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A)  Charismatic legitimacy is much more likely to transform into rational-legal legitimacy.
B)  Charismatic legitimacy has a better chance of being institutionalized.
C)  Charismatic legitimacy would likely be much shorter-lived.
D)  Charismatic legitimacy increases in power more from length of office than does traditional legitimacy.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

How is power typically divided in a federal system? What conditions in a country are most likely to lead to a system of asymmetric federalism?

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Question 13

Max Weber's three forms of political legitimacy are

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A)  traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal.
B)  traditional, charismatic, and technocratic.
C)  technocratic, democratic, and authoritarian.
D)  authoritarian, democratic, and revolutionary.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following characteristics is more likely to be seen in a federalist state than a unitary state?

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A)  concentration of power in a central government
B)  underrepresentation of ethnic minorities
C)  limited local policy making
D)  devolution of taxation to regional bodiesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

The modern state eventually supplanted which system of economic organization?

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A)  city-states focused on trade
B)  farming and agricultural model
C)  feudalism
D)  mercantilismE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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