Political Science 101 - Introduction to American Government and Politics » Fall 2022 » Lecture 1 The State

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Question #1
According to Scott, savages have no fiscal relationship to the state?
A.   True
B.   False
Question #2
The following are tools of the state
A.   measurement, language, music
B.   measurement, population movement, creation/regulation of marks, language
C.   music , equality
D.   population movement, equality
Question #3
What is true of elite capture?
A.   it is the most efficient way to distribute resources, elites divert resources to their own ends and not necessarily public ends
B.   it relies on projects of legitimation, it is the most efficient way to distribute resources
C.   elites divert resources to their own ends and not necessarily public ends, it relies on projects of legitimation, capture extends to knownledge, attention
D.   none of the choices
Question #4
What is true of politics?
A.   normative dimension "how we ought to live together", arranges our lives into a kind of social order, process of determining how power and resources are distributed, it can be undermined by cultural prejuidices and ignorance
B.   normative dimension "how we ought to live together", it can be undermined by cultural prejuidices and ignorance, it is easy to understand
C.   normative dimension "how we ought to live together", process of determining how power and resources are distributed, it is easy to understand, arranges our lives into a kind of social order
D.   normative dimension "how we ought to live together", it can be undermined by cultural prejuidices and ignorance, it is easy to understand, arranges our lives into a kind of social order
Question #5
What is true of objective violence?
A.   none of the choices
B.   global poverty is an example, objective and sytemic violence can be viewed form the same vantage point
C.   symbolic is a form, global poverty is an example, and systemic is a form
D.   objective and sytemic violence can be viewed form the same vantage point

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