POLI 330N FINAL EXAM 6 – WEEK 8 QUESTION AND ANSWERS (Graded A+)
Question: What precedent did the 1945-1946 Nuremburg war crimes trials set for
... [Show More] international law?
The court discounted sovereignty as a cover for mass murder.
Question: POLI could be referred to the master science because POLI
Relates to other social sciences
Question: The notion that politicians think practically and political scientists think abstractly is indicative of which of the following
Political scientists and politicians are different in that the former studies the latter
Question: When people base their views on beliefs that may not be based, they are behaving
Irrationally
Question: A political leader’s ability to command respect and exercise power is known as
Authority
Question: The notion that you respect the us congress, even though it is run by a party with which you do not agree, pertains to?
Sovereignty
Question: Relating concepts in a way that connects them in an empirical manner is the basis of building
Theory
Question: A? is an initial theory starts with to be proved with evidence?
Hypothesis
Question: Which type of law – which was developed by medieval catholic theologians – argues that observing nature reveals god’s will?
Natural law
Question: Under which circumstances might a case be pursued as both a criminal a civil case?
The federal government accuses a food manufacture of unsafe food practices and consumers injured by their product sue them
Question: Describe the significance of Marbury v Madison
The ruling laid precedent for judicial review
Question: What legal agency in the united states generates reputation based ratings of prospective federal judges?
American bar association
Question: How does the American concept of judicial review compare to the role of courts in foreign systems?
Judicial review is more highly developed in the united states than in any other country, and Americans expect more of their courts than do other peoples
Question: Which of the following best articulates the stance of judicial restraint advocates?
Only congress should make public policy, and, unless a legislative act clearly violates the constitution, the law should stand
Question: The supreme court’s decision in ______________ 1954 triggered a revolution in American race relations, an area congress had been unwilling to touch
Brown vs board of education
Question: Why do the responsibilities of legislative and executive powers often overlap?
Separation of powers is rarely clear cut
Question: a cabinet in europe is most like
Administration
Question: What is the effect of divided government, such as that used in the united states, on spending and policy formation
It holds down spending and foolish policies
Question: Each division of government in a parliamentary system is headed by a
Minister
Question: Distinguish the process that a parliamentary system uses to oust a chief executive from the one available in the united states presidential system
Parliamentary systems can hold a vote of no confidence and presidential ones have the option of impeachment
Question: In the case of both parliamentary and presidential systems, examine the reason democracies will not vanish, even though the executive seems to be receiving more and more power
Chief executives will eventually have to face reelection, which depends greatly on the approval of voting citizens
Question: What is the role of cabinet members
Cabinet members assist chief executives by heading a major executive division of government
Question: Radicals use the term political economy instead of _____ to describe their critique of capitalism and the inequitable distribution of wealth among nations
Marxism
Question: How do Keynesian economic policies differ from the traditional laissez-faire policies developed by Adam smith
Keynesian economics advocates for increased government control of economics, and traditional laissez faire argues for a hands-free approach
Question: What event is largely considered responsible for deterring Johnson’s war on poverty
Vietnam war
Question: Medical costs consume nearly __% of the us gross domestic product, most of it paid through government and private health insurance
18
Question: According to political scientist ira sharkansky all modern states are welfare states and all welfare states are
Incoherent
Question: How does American welfare state compare to those of other industrialized nations?
Much less is allocated to welfare in the united states
Question: Investigate what historically happens to conservatives when firms are supposedly too big to fail
Most argue against expensive stimulus packages
Question: Rarely the work of small bands and conspirators alone ____ are usually the result of system collapse, which permits small but well-organized groups often military to take over
Dictatorships
Question: Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity some people get richer faster than others
Jealousy is aroused
Question: What is likely to happen if the people are unhappy and there is no organization to focus their discontent
Not much will happen
Question: What are the aims of terrorists via their calculated acts of terrorism
To panic their enemies, to gain publicity and recruits, and to get the foe to overreact and drive more people to side with the terrorists
Question: what is the crux of radical revolutionary thinking
belief that it is possible to remake society
Question: why is the middle east currently the breeding ground for considerable terrorist activity?
high birth rates produce many unemployed youths who are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the united states an object of hate
Question: Hannah Arendt pointed out that rage is the fuel of revolution, but what is now the greatest cause of rage
The massive corruption now found in developing lands [Show Less]