Exam 22: Exploring Power and Authority in Canadian Politics

Malcolm lives in country where rulers depend on powerful members of the nobility to retain their thrones.What type of political system does Malcolm live in?

According to Tannis Peikoff (2000),missionary attempts to convert Indigenous people to Christianity during the mid-1800s is an example of what?

Which of the following was an outcome of the 1995 referendum in Quebec?

Which of the following has a legitimate monopoly over the use of force within its territory to achieve its goals?

Polls conducted in Quebec show that over 90 percent of Quebeckers favour separation.

The original Indian Act of 1876 enshrined the rights of Indigenous peoples to equal treatment under the law,guaranteeing equality with all other Canadians.

The decision to send and/or remove troops to/from Afghanistan reflects which of the following functions of government,according to a functionalist perspective?

Gender,race,and class relations are closely intertwined with traditional authority.

Compare and contrast power and authority as sociological concepts.

Research has documented an extensive network of links between large corporations and the federal cabinet,the Senate,and the federal bureaucracy.

Interest groups,including the Catholic Church and various family organizations,spent a great deal of time and money trying to defeat the federal Liberal government's same-sex marriage legislation.What term would Joseph Gusfield use to refer to these actions?

Canadian elections tend to be fought over issues of leadership rather than of fundamental political principles.

Outline the main criticisms of the pluralist and elite models of power.

Approximately what percentage of federal members of Parliament elected in Canada in 2009 were men?

What term refers to a doctrine asserting that humanity is naturally divided into groups with common characteristics who have a right to exercise control over a particular place?

According to the pluralist model,power in political systems is widely dispersed throughout many competing interest groups.

Napoleon,Martin Luther King Jr.,and Indira Gandhi are examples of what type of authority?

Nelson Mandela could be described as what kind of leader?

What is the primary agent of political socialization for eight-year-old twins Jack and Annie?

Long-standing custom provides the basis of which form of authority?