GPI Ch 2
Where did the modern state first emerge?
Europe
The emergence of the modern state is closely tied to what specific event?
The collapse of the Roman Empire
States have been the dominant for of political organization for how long?
The past few centuries
The United States is often seen as having
high capacity but low autonomy
State autonomy can be defined as the ability to
wield power independent of the public
State Capacity can be defined as the
ability to wield power in order to carry out basic tasks.
Political scientists, based on the work of Max Weber, define the state as:
an organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory
State power is often analyzed in terms of _______ and ________.
autonomy; capacity
The development of the modern state in Europe was encouraged by
constant warfare during the dark ages
The shorthand term for the combination of regime, state, and government is:
country
One major debate on the origins of political organization deals with whether early political groups
developed through coercion or consensus
The first emergence of human specialization into inequality is tied to
domesticated agriculture and sedentary living
A state with an extremely low level of autonomy and capacity is known as a ________ state
failed
Strong states:
fulfill basic tasks
Which of the following is seen as weakly institutionalized?
governments
In comparison to earlier forms of poltical organization, states often enjoyed all of the following advantages EXCEPT
greater religious commitment to democracy
Traditional legitimacy rests on
habits and customs
An institution that is recognized and accepted as right and proper is seen as:
legitimate
Recent research suggests that the rise of political organizations came about because:
pre-state societies were very violent.
The state is often compared in many ways to a:
protection racket
Modern states are built primarily on what form of legitimacy
rational legitimacy
Devolution is a process by which states
send power down to the local level
Federalism can be defined as a system wherein:
significant powers are devolved to regional bodies.
The army and police both are part of a country's
sovereignty
Sovereignty is defined as the ability of:
states to carry out actions or policies independent of outside actors or internal rivals.
A unitary state can be defined as a system wherein
territorial divisions are not very important within a country
Regimes are defined as:
the basic rules and norms of politics
Government can be defined as
the leadership in charge of running the state.
The text suggests that the difficulty in amending the US Constitution is evidence of the power of
traditional legitimacy
Which of the following are named in the text as a basic form of political legitimacy?
traditional, charismatic, and rational legal.
Regimes are comprised of both
written and unwritten elements