Sociology Final on Political Institutions and American Politics

The United States is what form of democracy?

• representative democracy

• constitutional congress

• constitutional monarchy

• authoritarian

What makes power legitimate?

• It is granted by the governed

• If you can exercise the power, it’s legitimate

• From the government

• From strain theory

Rational legal authority is when the power resides in the ________ not the person holding the office.

Answer explanation

The authority of the office stays with the office and the person holding the office only has the authority while in office

What is the system called in England, where the King has no real authority?

• Royal government

• Constitutional democracy with a king

• Constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

Match the following

• Britian

• Authoritarian

• U.S.

• constitutional monarchy

• China

• representational democracy

• North Korea

• Totalitarianism

What kind of government do they have in China?

• Representative democracy

• Multi-party democracy

• Authoritarian regime

What makes power illegitimate?

• It is not with the consent of the people

• If you can exercise the power, it’s legitimate

• From the government

• From strain theory

Third parties rarely succeed in national elections because? Check all that apply.

• the federal election commission, who decides the rules and produces the debates is made up of 3 democrats and 3 republicans only by law

• the two parties have such a diverse platform that most people fall into one of the two parties

• of low voter registration and voter turnout

• the Single Member district systems thins out the voters of third parties by design

Check all answers that apply. The source of power in a traditional political system is

​

power is based on long standing tradition

Heriditary

Has a clear line of succession​ ​ legitimate because the people consent ​

• power is based on long standing tradition

• Heriditary

• Has a clear line of succession

• legitimate because the people consent

• settled by a duel

This sociological theory would look at the political institutions of a society and study how the institutions worked an impacted society.

• Strain theory

• Differential association theory

• Survival of the fittest

• Functionalist theory