Chapter 2 Practice Questions POS 100

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__________ 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.


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