Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except?
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Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except?
• Hierarchical structure• Task specialization• Freedom of action• Political neutrality
• freedom of action
Interest group behavior characterized by a close
relationship between government and key sectors of the economy
and society is?• Pluralism• Elitism• Corporatism• Socialism
• C
Which of the following is not a collective good?
• National parks• Low-income housing• Clean air• Common pastureland
• low-income housing
Which of the following is not true of the British Westminster
Model?• Bicameral parliament• Independently elected prime minister• Crown prerogative foreign policy power• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Independently elected prime minister
Which of the following is disadvantage of PR?
• Leads to gerrymandering• leads to unstable coalitions• wastes votes• excludes third parties
• leads to unstable coalitions
Which of the following is not true of the German political
system?• Bicameral parliament• Independently elected president• Twin-ballot electoral system• Federal structure
• independently elected president
The SMDP electoral system encourages the following except?• Clear political mandates• lower electoral turnout• two party systems• coalition governments
• coalition governments
All of the following characterize personalist (or court) politics
except
• Arbitrary rule• open elite recruitment• competition to access the leader• high levels of nepotism
• open elite recruitment
All of the following are methods to gain political legitimacy
except?
• Force• Tradition• Democracy• Results
• Force
All of the following have formal constitutions except?
• United States• United Kingdom• Iran• Germany
• United Kingdom
Which of the following is an example of a theocracy?
• Pakistan• Saudi Arabia• Iraq• Iran
• Iran
The values and assumptions people hold about politics in
acquired in a process known as
• Political culture• Political development• Political socialization• Political democratization
• Political socialization
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a military regime• Close working relationship with
bureaucracy• Suppression of civil liberties• Emphasis on nationalism• Governmental stability
• governmental stability
Most states have a ____ form of government
• Unitary• Confederation• Federal• Communitarian
• unitary
The goal to promote economic development through the
protection of domestic industry is known as
• Export led growth• Import substitution• World system theory• Autarchy
According to Mancur Olson,
• The smaller the group, the larger the free-rider problem
• the larger the group, the larger the free-rider problem
• small groups are not as effective as large groups• interest groups are on the increase
• B
Nigeria suffers from regionalism. Which description fits best?
• Authoritarian system dominated by one region• Strong ethnic/national identities and weak
support for the state• A confederation of regional states• High economic disparities between regions
• B
Regionalism is a result of
• Economic underdevelopment• socialism• Interstate conflict• colonialism
• colonialism
According to Modernization literature
• All countries pass through the same stages of development
• development has been prevented by colonialism• underdevelopment is an external problem• protectionism will foster development
• A
According to dependency theory, underdevelopment is the result of• The lack of foreign aid• traditional views of government elites• too great a governmental role in the economy• the capitalist class of both the developed and
undeveloped world
• D
Which of the following was not true of the USSR?
• Parliamentary system with regular elections• Real political power exercised through the
Communist Political Party• Federal structure• Low electoral turnout
• low electoral turnout
Which state is not an example of a dominant party state?
• China• Mexico• Japan• India
• China
Communism is
• Rule by a single party• An economic system governed by a political
elite• State ownership of the means of production• Public ownership of the means of production
• D
Populism is
• Government by the people• Direct appeal to the masses• Government control by interest groups• Politics based on personal ties
• direct appeal to the masses
The House of Lords is
• An elected institution• An appointed institution• A hereditary institution• An appointed and elected institution
• An appointed institution
Political parties in Europe are in decline because of?
• Growth of right wing politics• Postmodern values• The European Union• Decline in civic culture
• postmodern values
Conservatism is a philosophy based on
• A belief that individuals are more important than the society they live in
• opposition to the welfare state• the limitation of political power• none of the above
• none of the above
Fascism is based on each of the following except
• Nationalism• Corporatism• Political elite• The volk
• political elite
In most democracies today we find
• Low levels of support for the state• High levels of electoral participation• High levels of political information• High degree of confidence in officials
• high levels of electoral participation
Parliamentary government
• Requires the direct election of a prime minister and a parliament
• provides that the cabinet can be ousted by a vote of parliament
• generally has strong parliamentary committees• generally has some device for constitutional
review• B