Exam 15: Authority and the State

The relations among European states,such as Britain and France,led to the development of a system in which each state is recognized as territorially sovereign by fellow states.This is referred to as the international:

Robert volunteers at the local animal shelter.After ten days,abandoned animals are put to death.This distresses Robert and goes against his ethical beliefs,but because the manager of the shelter says he must,Robert participates in the euthanasia.This is an example of:

According to Lukes's first dimension of power,when is power most visible?

Although the state's authority derives from the implicit threat of physical force,when the state resorts to physical coercion to enforce its will,all legitimate authority,or authority that does not use force to secure compliance,is lost.This would be an example of:

Compare and contrast hard power and soft power,using examples.

Which kind of rights give the state the responsibility to interfere in its citizens' lives?

During a presidential election,we ultimately end up with two choices.If we were to be presented with more choices,we would not end up with the top choice of most voters.This is known as Kenneth Arrow's:

Rationalization means that all steps to a process are decided with ____________ in mind.

The logic of industrialism thesis argues that:

A trade union representing workers in particular job categories acts as a(n)____________ when it attempts to influence policy.

In the 1970s,a man by the name of Jim Jones persuaded 900 people to commit suicide in Guyana.He was the leader of the Peoples Temple,and his personal appeal allowed him to have this power over his followers.We would call this ____________ authority.

Which term refers to a legal-rational organization or mode of administration that governs with reference to rules?

The principle of ____________ means that each state tacitly agrees to mind its own business when it comes to the internal affairs of other sovereign countries as long as borders are respected.

Weber believed that hidden under any system of domination by authority is the threat of:

An employee manual that outlines the proper way to build a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant is an example of:

In Freakonomics,Levitt and Dubner found that a political candidate can't win an election unless:

Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company was in a position to issue commands and dictate the price of oil to oil producers by virtue of its monopoly on oil refining.This is an example of domination by:

In the grocery store one day you spy a mother and her two unruly children.She consistently threatens that she is going to spank them when she gets them home.They ignore her threats.Finally,she swats one of them on the butt,making the other child laugh,suggesting that she has lost control of the situation.This could be called:

Define power,domination,domination by economic power,and domination by authority.Give examples of each.

You believe that you have received an unfair grade on a paper,but you know that arguing with your professor would do little good.You leave the classroom and angrily throw the paper into the nearest trash can.Steven Lukes would call this the ____________ dimension of power.