American Government quize
Conservatives strongly favo
All of them
Members of which of the following groups would be most likely to support immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship?
Democrats
If universities increase funding for women's sports so that they receive comparable funding to men's, that is an example of
Equality of outcome
The procedural view of democracy is most concerned with
However government decisions are made
Liberals are more likely to favor generous government support for
All of them
The broad, basic definition of politics given by the text is what?
Authoritative allocation of values for a society
The Greek word demos, which is the root of the term democracy, means
Common people
A politician who appeals to and often deceives the masses by manipulating their emotions and prejudices is a(n)
Demagogue
Capitalism is best described as a(n)
Economic system in which production and property are privately owned, with a minimum of government interference
The idea that the most important government decisions are made by an identifiable and stable minority that shares certain characteristics -- particularly wealth and business connections -- is called
Elite theory
A sign that pluralist democracy might not be working well in the United States is the
Fact that the best represented sectors in Washington are business and professional groups
The principle of responsiveness requires that legislators
Follow the general contours of public opinion
Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms included all of the following except Provide for a broader view than looking at specific events
Freedom and inequality
Communist regimes that gave their police great powers to arrest and imprison suspicious people raised a conflict between
Freedom and order
All but which one of the following are collectively called "civil liberties
Freedom off education
Americans tend to define democracy in terms of
Freedom, rights, or liberties
The concept of democracy was initially defined centuries ago in ancient
Greece
An organized group that seeks to influence government policy is called a(n)
Interest group
Although they are instruments of majoritarian democracy, initiatives are often sponsored by
Interest groups
For some years our two congressional parties have been increasingly polarized, working less together to fashion compromise legislation. This is consistent with the _________ of democracy.
Majoritarian model
Globalization can be seen as a threat to whom?
National sovereignty
A form of government that puts power in the hands of an elite is a(n)
Oligarchy
An autocracy is a political system ruled by
One person with complete power
New England town meetings are an example of
Participatory democracy
Whereas majority rule is defined as decision making by 50 percent plus one person, _________ is defined as decision making by most participants.
Plurality rule
National sovereignty is defined as what?
Political entity's externally recognized right to excercise final authority over its affairs
A country abiding by the principle "one man, one vote" is practicing
Political equality
Each citizen having one vote demonstrates
Political equality
A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government is a(n)
Political ideology
The value of using political concepts in understanding government is that they
Provide for a broader view than looking at specific events
Services that benefit all citizens and are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals are known as
Public goods
An election on a public policy issue is called a(n)
Referendum
Two nations with deep ties to the principle of communism that have moved in the direction of more private property are
Russia and China
The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee
Social rights and economics rights
In 2005, voters in Texas voted by over a 60% margin to ban gay marriage. Arguing that gay marriage should be allowed in Texas anyway implies a reliance on the _____________ view of democracy.
Substantive
A government pursuing laissez-faire policies would
Take a hands off attitude toward the economy
Compared with majoritarian thought, the pluralist model of democracy shifts the focus of democratic decision making from __________ to _________.
The mass electorate, organized groups
The ancient Greeks classified governments as autocracies, oligarchies, or democracies based on
The number of citizens involved government
Since 1964, government policies intended to help families have most clearly benefited whom?
The wealthy
Which political philosopher expressed the sentiment that life in a state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?"
Thomas Hobbes
Anarchism is the political opposite of
Totalitarianism
Compared to citizens in other nations, Americans are more likely to
Value freedom of speech more than order
An example of a government policy that promotes social equality without redistributing income is Public goods
Vermont's civil unions
According to procedural theory, the government should do
What ever the majority wants