Exam 12: Political Science: Who Gets What, When, and How

American liberals tend to oppose affirmative action policies while their conservative counterparts tend to favor affirmative action.

Policies attempted by __________________fell under the rubrics of glasnost, demokratizatsia, and perestroika.

British history and Russian history share a similar scenario in which their respective monarchies gradually made accommodations to public demands for a voice in the governing process, thus allowing the royals to remain intact as cultural symbols rather than political decision-makers.

The greater the outcomes at stake in any conflict, the more committed will the various competing groups become. This insight is best illustrated in chapter twelve by:

The NGO called Freedom House is directly involved in trying to assess the:

Which model of U.S. democracy relies most heavily on the viability of political parties?

The existence of discrete legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in America is a manifestation of:

Popular sovereignty and majority rule are characteristic of:

A feudal government based on heredity in which political authority is exercised by a powerful military clan leader is referred to as a:

The motto emblazoned on Brazil's flag suggests quite strongly that this is a country which values liberty or freedom more than it values order and progress.

Governments differ from other forms of social institutions because they can make:

Which of the following countries has a parliamentary system of government?

This chapter suggested that modern American liberalism favors significant governmental intervention in the economy, but little governmental intervention into popular moral or intellectual affairs.

The 74-year rule of communism in the Soviet Union during most of the twentieth century consisted of a brutal dictatorship that engaged in extensive human rights violations while posing as a "People's Republic."

The interlocking directorate of tight political party control over the operations of governmental institutions described in this chapter dealt with which country?

The power of judicial review is one enjoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court but not possessed by the top court in the United Kingdom.

Despite the fact that the U.S. occupied Japan during its post-WW II reconstruction, the organizational structure of Japan's government actually approximates that of the U.K. much more than that of America.

Because the Vietnam War taught the pentagon and the U.S. government powerful lessons about the risks of allowing journalists freedom to roam in a war zone, the government made sure that it did not repeat similar mistakes in America's next big war Operation Desert Storm).

The trust of American citizens in their government has risen slowly but measurably along with the expansion of the successes of the U.S. economy.