Chapter 5 - Political Violence

The attacks by Dylan Roof and Timothy McVeigh are most accurately described as

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Which of the following statements about the relationships between regime type, terrorism, and revolution is accurate?

Both revolution and terrorism are less likely under democratic regimes.

In which of the following ways does a coup d'état differ from a revolution?

Elites are the agent of change.

Which of the following statements best represents the relationship between fundamentalism and political violence?

Extreme forms of fundamentalism may use violence, but it is a mistake to associate fundamentalism directly with violence.

The modern concepts of revolution and terrorism can be first traced back to which important modern event?

French Revolution

Which of the following statements about the concept of "cosmic war" is accurate?

It is often bound up with political conspiracy theories.

Which of the following statements is true of differing explanations for political violence?

Most political scientists attempt to form a unified theory of political violence that incorporates different explanations equally.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the relationship between revolution and violence?

Revolutions are most often violent, though some argue that nonviolent revolutions have occurred.

Which of the following statements about revolutions and their results is accurate?

Revolutions often result in less freedom and equality

Which of the following statements about the differences between the social revolutions in Russia and China is accurate?

Russia experienced civil war after the revolution, while China experienced revolution after its civil war.

In which of the following ways must the study of terrorism necessarily differ from the study of revolutions?

There is less focus on outcomes.

In which of the following ways do institutional explanations of political violence differ from ideational explanations?

They tend to be more particularistic

Revolution is most accurately defined as

a public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime.

Some warn that too much centralized power to fight terrorism could lead to

a surveillance state.

Nihilism is in large part a belief that all institutions and values

are essentially meaningless.

In terms of achieving their stated long-term outcomes, terrorists

are usually unsuccessful

Which of the following events is widely believed to involve (or have involved) state-sponsored terrorism?

fighting over the Indian province of Kashmir

Which of the following could be categorized as an individual explanation for political violence?

humiliation

States most often engage in state-sponsored terrorism as a means of

influencing foreign policy.

What type of explanation for political violence is best understood as finding a "root source" for violence?

institutional

Terrorism can be defined as the use of violence by

nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.

When looking at terrorists' backgrounds, we find that they

often come from educated backgrounds.

Political violence is defined as

politically motivated violence outside of state control.

Over the course of the last decade, the people of Country X experienced a slight expansion of their rights and economic conditions—women's suffrage was expanded, more political parties were allowed to organize and compete, and per capita income increased slightly. A large middle class began to desire a continuation of this trend toward full democracy, yet the illiberal regime in power refused to enact additional reforms at the pace the people desired. Opposition groups formed and a popular, violent revolution began against the state. What category of explanation best represents this overall process?

relative deprivation

It has been argued that the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution are examples of which model of revolution?

relative deprivation model

Individual-focused studies of terrorism, noting in part the emphasis on community and purity of cause, have drawn comparisons between terrorist groups and

religious cults.

The statement "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

runs against a core aspiration of political science, which is to define terms objectively rather than subjectively.

In the third phase of their evolution, such as in the work of Theda Skocpol, studies of revolutions have

shifted their emphasis from the public to the state.

War crimes and human rights abuses can be defined as the use of violence by

states against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.

Studies of the relationship between economic conditions and terrorism find that

there is not a strong correlation between economic deprivation and terrorism.

Guerrilla war can be defined as the use of

violence by nonstate actors who accept the traditional rules of war and target the state in order to achieve a political goal.

The 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, with the exception of Romania, are examples of revolutions

with very limited or no violence.