World Politics Exam Review
Course Introduction
World Politics explores the primary actors, institutions, and issues that shape relationships among nations in the contemporary international system. The course examines topics such as power dynamics, conflict and cooperation, the role of international organizations, economic globalization, human rights, transnational challenges, and foreign policy decision-making. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and in-depth case studies, students gain an understanding of the factors that influence international events and the ways in which states and non-state actors respond to pressing global issues.
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Essentials of Comparative Politics 6th Edition by Patrick H. ONeil
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the current institutional approach to comparative politics is accurate?
A) It rejects the value of studying how individuals shape politics.
B) It accepts the basic tenets of modernization theory but provides more empirical support.
C) It shares an emphasis on the importance of institutions with pre-1950s comparative politics research.
D) It differs from behavioralism in its rejection of cause-and-effect relationships.
Answer: C
Q2) In which of the following ways did behavioralism differ from modernization theory?
A) It was more of a methodology than a set of hypotheses.
B) It put less emphasis on empirical, data-driven research.
C) It demonstrated a narrower geographic range of interest.
D) It put greater emphasis on the historical evolution of political institutions.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: States
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Q1) Describe Weber's three forms of political legitimacy.Is one of them more associated with the modern state than the others? Briefly describe how each form of legitimacy is represented in the U.S.government.
Answer: A good answer will list traditional,charismatic,and rational-legal legitimacy,explain that rational-legal is most closely associated with the modern state,and then note examples of each form in the United States.Examples include traditional-"In God We Trust" motto on money; charismatic-the role of oration and skilled campaigning in elections; rational-legal-bureaucratic rules and procedures.
Q2) Which of the following characteristics is more likely to be seen in a federalist state than a unitary state?
A) concentration of power in a central government
B) underrepresentation of ethnic minorities
C) limited local policy making
D) devolution of taxation to regional bodies
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Nations and Society
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Q1) Which of the following concepts is common to both communist and social democratic ideologies but is lacking in fascist ideology?
A) belief in the value of competition among individuals
B) belief in the potential of individuals
C) rejection of the notion of the state
D) belief in high state capacity
Answer: B
Q2) What are the most important political aspirations related to national identity? What major factors can contribute to the formation of a national identity?
Answer: A good answer will identify self-government and sovereignty as the two primary objectives of national identity; secondary objectives include greater freedom and equality.The major factor that contributes to the formation of national identity typically center along ethnic lines-a shared history,language,or culture that is seen as distinct or separate from the state's preferred identity (Canada's Quebec is a prime textual example).
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Chapter 4: Political Economy
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Q1) Which political-economic system accepts a role for private property and market forces but is cautious about their benefits to society?
A) social democracy
B) communism
C) liberalism
D) mercantilism
Q2) Liberalism is best associated with which of the following policies?
A) free trade
B) tariff barriers
C) neocorporatism
D) elimination of all private property
Q3) Which political-economic system views private property as a form of exploitation?
A) social democracy
B) communism
C) liberalism
D) mercantilism
Q4) What is a public good and why do states provide public goods rather than the market?
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Chapter 5: Democratic Regimes
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Q1) In which of the following ways does a parliamentary system differ from a presidential one?
A) Prime ministers are directly elected by the people, while presidents must be elected indirectly through an electoral college.
B) Election dates are more easily altered in presidential systems than in parliamentary systems.
C) Prime ministers must command a majority to stay in office; presidents do not.
D) Presidents are more easily removed from office than prime ministers.
Q2) In a presidential system,the president typically serves as
A) head of state.
B) head of government.
C) both head of state and head of government.
D) neither head of state nor head of government.
Q3) Describe the benefits that political parties bring to a democracy.How might the structure of political parties differ between proportional representation systems and single-member district systems?
Q4) Should democracies rely more on initiatives or referenda to decide policy,or are forms of indirect democracy better? Why or why not?
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Chapter 6: Nondemocratic Regimes
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Q1) Which of the following characteristics is an illiberal regime likely to have in common with a democratic regime?
A) The executive is weaker than other institutions.
B) Referenda are used rarely and are limited in their ability to affect policy.
C) Parties are restricted in their ability to compete, but the military is firmly under civilian control.
D) The executive, legislature, and judiciary are established and have their respective arenas of authority.
Q2) A nondemocratic regime in which holy texts or religious law form the foundation for its rule would be known as
A) a theocracy.
B) religious illiberalism.
C) fundamentalist monism.
D) orthodox authoritarianism.
Q3) Which term refers to a military seizure of the government?
A) coup de grâce
B) coup d'état
C) military usurpation
D) armed politics
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Chapter 7: Political Violence
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Q1) Which of the following could be categorized as an individual explanation for political violence?
A) nationalism
B) humiliation
C) fundamentalism
D) ideology
Q2) How and under what conditions does religion become a source for political violence?
Q3) Which of the following events is widely believed to involve (or have involved)state-sponsored terrorism?
A) fighting over the Indian province of Kashmir
B) the 1979 Iranian Revolution
C) the 2011 Egyptian uprising
D) the French Revolution
Q4) What type of explanation for political violence is best understood as finding a "root source" for violence?
A) ideational
B) individual
C) institutional
D) ideological
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Chapter 8: Developed Democracies
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Q1) Which of the following best characterizes the role of freedom across developed democracies?
A) There are significant differences in the definitions and applications of civil rights and liberties.
B) There are significant differences in the level of civil rights, but they correlate strongly with the strength of the judiciary.
C) Developed democracies typically have some restrictions on civil rights but have very expansive civil liberties.
D) The degree of civil liberties rises with the level of public participation in government.
Q2) Postindustrialism is most likely to threaten the economic security of A) the very rich.
B) those living in rural areas.
C) workers in the service industries.
D) the less educated.
Q3) What is devolution,and what are the benefits or dangers of such a policy? Provide at least one real-world example of devolution.
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Chapter 9: Communism and Postcommunism
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the privatization and marketization of countries transitioning from communism is accurate?
A) Those advocating shock therapy wanted to minimize the short-term social disruptions of marketization.
B) Inflation and hyperinflation were fears of those who advocated a gradual approach to marketization.
C) Postcommunist countries almost universally sought to privatize by distributing firms' shares to the public as a whole.
D) Most postcommunist countries agreed that privatization should occur and be allowed to complete its course before marketization was attempted.
Q2) How were religion,gender relations,sexuality,and nationalism handled under communist regimes? Were preexisting ethnic identities reduced or sharpened,and why?
Q3) What problems did the centralization of economic power in the state encounter that Marxist theory did not anticipate? Did communism create a more equal economic system?
Q4) Why was communism able to spread across such a large part of the globe? What explains its attraction?
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Chapter 10: Developing Countries
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Q1) Countries that are experiencing rapid economic growth and democratization are generally known as ________ countries.
A) newly developing
B) less-developed
C) peripheral
D) middle income
Q2) Which of the following can be said about the effects of imperialism on gender roles?
A) It is difficult to generalize about the effects on gender roles, but in many countries imperialism likely made gender roles more fixed.
B) Imperialism dramatically reduced the number of economic roles for women.
C) Women in most countries that came under imperial control saw their political and social status rise slightly.
D) Western values imposed on countries under imperial control resulted in the liberation of many women from the domestic sphere.
Q3) Describe the motivating factors that began the process of European imperialism in the 1500s.Why were European states so proficient at expanding colonial structures in the less-developed world?
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Chapter 11: Globalization and the Future of Comparative
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Q1) In what way is the Internet unlike a typical international regime?
A) It has no norms that lead to a specific goal.
B) It is not seen as beneficial.
C) It does not link states or individuals together in a meaningful way.
D) It is more easily controlled by sovereign states.
Q2) Describe the arguments for globalization as both a positive economic force that will raise the standards of living and a negative economic force that will bring about a "race to the bottom."
Q3) In which of the following ways are the new violent international actors empowered by globalization similar to IGOs and MNCs,and in which way are they dissimilar?
A) similar in that they are flexible; dissimilar in that they employ physical force to reach their objectives
B) similar in that they resemble social networks; dissimilar in that they employ violence
C) similar in that they exercise sovereignty; dissimilar in that they seek their objectives with the use of force
D) similar in that they are decentralized; dissimilar in that they hold territory
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