Comparative politics Chapter 2

When a powerful leader is well loved by the people, revered as a father or mother figure, and seen as the person who best represents them it is an example of:

Charismatic legitimacy.

The shorthand term for the combination of regime, state, and government is:

Country

Which of the following statements about the development and spread of the modern state is accurate?

Many states were able to use ethnicity as a nationalizing force as people began to define themselves less through characteristics like religion or town of residence.

When leadership in a country is chosen using methods set out in law it is an example of:

Rational-legal legitimacy.

Which of the following can be said about the relationships among states, regimes, and governments?

States are more institutionalized than governments.

The King of Westeros has dies. His eldest son automatically becomes king after him. This is an example of:

Traditional legitimacy.

Capacity can be defined as the:

ability of the state to wield power to carry out the basic tasks of government.

What phenomenon is most responsible for bringing the modern state into adoption by most of the world?

colonial dominance by European states

Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up some of their rights to the state in order to:

gain security and safety (escape anarchy)

The United States is a good example of a state with:

high capacity but low autonomy.

An institution that is recognized and accepted as right and proper by the public is seen as:

legitimate

The development of the modern state in Europe was partly encouraged by:

linguistic and ethnic fragmentation.

A small country made big changes to its public education policy without consulting the public, which opposes the policy. However, the government is incapable of making the policy changes effective in the school system. How should we categorize this state?

low capacity, high autonomy state

Devolution is a process by which states:

move power from the central state to local levels.

Recent research suggests that the rise of political organizations came about in large part because:

pre-state societies were extremely violent.

Asymmetric federalism refers to a system in which power is divided unevenly between:

regional bodies.

Sovereignty is defined as the ability of:

states have the power to protect themselves from external or internal threats.

The emergence of the modern state is closely tied to which of the following specific developments?

the collapse of the Roman Empire

Government can be defined as:

the leadership that runs the state.

Autonomy can be defined as the ability of the state to:

wield power independent of the public or international actors.