POLS 1101 Chapter 1 Janda

The theory of communism has its first intellectual roots in the writings of

Karl Marx.

As with President Roosevelt's extraordinary use of governmental power, which Republican president used the government's economic powers to forestall the 2008 housing market's collapse?

President G. W. Bush.

According to the authors, what might be inferred about public opinion on the Obama Administration's inheritance of TARP, and its passage of the stimulus bill passage, the passage of tax cuts, health care reform and an array of legislation?

The public disapproves of President Obama and his handling of the economy.

Assume that a state has a recall effort on its 2010 ballot and a politician is removed from office due to this effort. What type of impulse or effort is this called by our authors?

majoritarian.

When the communitarians look at modern liberals, they take issue with the liberal lack of emphasis upon

moral values.

One conclusion the authors make about American politics is that we are:

more pluralist than majoritarian.

Western Europe's experience with democratic socialism demonstrates that

socialism can be practiced along with personal freedoms and democratic participation

"Freedom from," one of the two senses in which the word freedom is used, relates most closely to the concept of

equality.

Liberals

favor the use of government to foster equality.

What is the key difference between elitist and pluralist theory?

Durability of the ruling minority

What values are likely promoted through more substantive democratic models of government?

Freedom of behavior and privileges than cannot be denied arbitrarily by government

Despite the severity of the Great Recession, the authors conclude that the

Great Depression was far worse.

The most problematic argument against elite theory is its assumption that:

There is an identifiable minority that share characteristics and dominate American politics and its policy making.

The idea behind minority rights is that:

all citizens are entitled to certain rights that cannot be denied by the majority.

When the authors say that we are "closely tied through trade to our foreign enemies" they mean that Americans now

import more goods from China than our allies England and France combined

Globalization is defined as the

increasing interdependence of citizens and nations.

Compared with equality of outcome, equality of opportunity requires a comparatively ____ level of government activity.

low

A political entity's externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs is known as

national sovereignty.

The government's police power is generally connected to the concept of

order

Which democratic concept did the United States government apply when the Department of Transportation deployed 450 full body scanners at airports across the country to probe through clothing in reaction to the 2009 underwear bomber?

order.

The majoritarian model of democracy values the participation of ____ while the pluralist model values participation by ____.

people in general; people in groups

Under the majoritarian model, the primary mechanism for democratic government is

popular election

The authors contend that while no government can perfectly achieve the aspired goals of either majoritarian or pluralist democracy,

some nations have approached these ideals closely enough to be considered practicing democracies.

"Government by the people" means "government by people operating through competing interest groups," according to

the pluralist model of democracy.

The promotion of equality

was not always a government concern.