Exam 4 Comparative Politics

Suppose there is a state that does not tax its people, but its citizens are limited in what they can earn because wages are fixed. No matter what the citizen's age or job is, the state provides for their health care costs, education, and retirement, even though the quality of those services may be low. If a citizen does have cash, they can only buy private goods illegally on the black market. This country has what kind of political-economic system?

• mercantilist

• communist

• liberal

• social democratic

which of the following does not describe the argument we read about the weakening of the American state?

• it has come about due to right wingers' deliberate weakening of state capacity

• it has come about due to left wingers' attacks against state autonomy

• it has come about because of our wars in the Middle East

• it has come about because of a general American distrust of centralized authority

Settlement Colonies:

• were implemented in places with smaller indigenous populations

• were implemented in places with no apparent extractable wealth

• developed institutions and identities conductive to development

• all of the above

which of the following types of legitimacy is most likely to become unstable when the national leader dies?

• traditional legitimacy

• charismatic legitimacy

• technocratic legitimacy

• rational-legal legitimacy

Imagine a country seizes control of another territory and sends people to live there all while controlling the economies and governance of the territory. This is an example of:

• colonialism

• imperialism

• liberalism

• communism

The human development index includes measures of a country's

• Health, inequality, and social expenditures

• Education, life expectancy, and income

• Happiness, inequality, and social expenditures

• Education, happiness, and inequality

The total market value of all goods and products produced within a state in a year is known as

• The purchasing power parity

• The gross domestic product

• The national comparative income

• The human development index

Markets can best be defined as

• Fixed locations were products are bought and sold

• The interactions between the forces of supply and demand

• Government produce public goods

• An outmoded form of resource distribution

Political scientist, based on the work of max weber, defined the state as

• The basic rules and norms of politics

• Any condition that leads to political action

• A small regional unit within a country, found only under federalism

• An organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over territory

Which of the following statements about the state of liberal economics in the 21st century is accurate?

• The global economic downturn has led to a resurgence of those who favor trade liberalization

• Liberalism has one almost universal approval and is unchallenged throughout the world

• Communism is seeing a resurgence in many of the countries of the world

• Political forces that oppose free trade and de regulation have grown in Europe and the United States