Chapter 2 Practice Questions POS 100
__________ allows a person to acquire information and documents online and also provides a medium to register opinions and complaints to government officials.
E-Government
What rules govern the use of referenda at the federal level?
No provisions exist for the use of referenda at the federal level.
_________ theory implies that a group should determine what the majority of its participants want to do.
Procedural
Studies of the congressional agenda of the United States demonstrate that it is characterized by an emphasis on
business-related legislation.
Whether a political system is "democratic" is chiefly defined by which of the following?
cannot be simply defined as it is not a "yes or no" question
The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee
civil rights and liberties.
The text suggests that the United States struggled to promote democracy in countries that
could not accept high degree of tolerance and freedom
The text suggests that there are _________ forces that may be pushing authoritarian governments toward democratization
economic
The procedural view of democracy is most concerned with
how government decisions are made.
When citizens circulate petitions to gather a certain minimum number of signatures to put a policy question on the ballot, it is called a(n)
initiative
One of the weaknesses of the procedural model of democracy is that
it permits policies that violate standards of substantive democracy.
Studies on decision making concerning public policy issues suggest that much of the elite's power comes from the ability of elites to
keep issues off the political agenda.
Cohesive political parties with well-defined programs contribute to the
majoritarian model of democracy.
Established procedures and organizations that translate public opinion into government policy, like elections, are known as institutional
mechanisms
An autocracy is a political system ruled by
one individual.
While majority rule is defined as decision making by 50 percent plus one person, _________ is defined as decision making participates
plurality rule
Participatory democracy today is
rare in the United States and in other democracies.
An election on a public policy issue is called a(n)
referenda
In 2015 the government of Ireland held a(an) __________, in which voters legalized gay marriage.
referendum
Most democracies give power to
representatives
Freedom of religion or freedom of speech are ______ principals
substantive
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 in governing
According to the text, it is difficult for a country with a market economy to remain _________ in its internal politics
undemocratic e
The idea that all adults within the boundaries of a political community should be allowed to vote is known as
universal participation.
_________ theorists have a narrower view of the scope of social and economic rights that should be guaranteed by a democratic government than _________ theorists.
Conservative, liberal
According to the text, in the past few years, there has been ________ in the number of democracies around the world
a slight decline
In a system of participatory democracy
citizens govern themselves, without electing representatives.
In America, when the wealthy and the rest of the population have differing policy goals
the preference of the wealthy will most often prevail.
