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Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except?

Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except?. Hierarchical structure Task specialization Freedom of action Political neutrality freedom of action.

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Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except?

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  1. Weber’s ideal type of bureaucracy has all of the following features except? • Hierarchical structure • Task specialization • Freedom of action • Political neutrality • freedom of action

  2. Interest group behavior characterized by a close relationship between government and key sectors of the economy and society is? • Pluralism • Elitism • Corporatism • Socialism • C

  3. Which of the following is not a collective good? • National parks • Low-income housing • Clean air • Common pastureland • low-income housing

  4. Which of the following is not true of the British Westminster Model? • Bicameral parliament • Independently elected prime minister • Crown prerogative foreign policy power • Parliamentary sovereignty • Independently elected prime minister

  5. Which of the following is disadvantage of PR? • Leads to gerrymandering • leads to unstable coalitions • wastes votes • excludes third parties • leads to unstable coalitions

  6. Which of the following is not true of the German political system? • Bicameral parliament • Independently elected president • Twin-ballot electoral system • Federal structure • independently elected president

  7. The SMDP electoral system encourages the following except? • Clear political mandates • lower electoral turnout • two party systems • coalition governments • coalition governments

  8. All of the following characterize personalist (or court) politics except • Arbitrary rule • open elite recruitment • competition to access the leader • high levels of nepotism • open elite recruitment

  9. All of the following are methods to gain political legitimacy except? • Force • Tradition • Democracy • Results • Force

  10. All of the following have formal constitutions except? • United States • United Kingdom • Iran • Germany • United Kingdom

  11. Which of the following is an example of a theocracy? • Pakistan • Saudi Arabia • Iraq • Iran • Iran

  12. The values and assumptions people hold about politics in acquired in a process known as • Political culture • Political development • Political socialization • Political democratization • Political socialization

  13. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a military regime • Close working relationship with bureaucracy • Suppression of civil liberties • Emphasis on nationalism • Governmental stability • governmental stability

  14. Most states have a ____ form of government • Unitary • Confederation • Federal • Communitarian • unitary

  15. The goal to promote economic development through the protection of domestic industry is known as • Export led growth • Import substitution • World system theory • Autarchy

  16. According to Mancur Olson, • The smaller the group, the larger the free-rider problem • the larger the group, the larger the free-rider problem • small groups are not as effective as large groups • interest groups are on the increase • B

  17. Nigeria suffers from regionalism. Which description fits best? • Authoritarian system dominated by one region • Strong ethnic/national identities and weak support for the state • A confederation of regional states • High economic disparities between regions • B

  18. Regionalism is a result of • Economic underdevelopment • socialism • Interstate conflict • colonialism • colonialism

  19. According to Modernization literature • All countries pass through the same stages of development • development has been prevented by colonialism • underdevelopment is an external problem • protectionism will foster development • A

  20. According to dependency theory, underdevelopment is the result of • The lack of foreign aid • traditional views of government elites • too great a governmental role in the economy • the capitalist class of both the developed and undeveloped world • D

  21. Which of the following was not true of the USSR? • Parliamentary system with regular elections • Real political power exercised through the Communist Political Party • Federal structure • Low electoral turnout • low electoral turnout

  22. Which state is not an example of a dominant party state? • China • Mexico • Japan • India • China

  23. Communism is • Rule by a single party • An economic system governed by a political elite • State ownership of the means of production • Public ownership of the means of production • D

  24. Populism is • Government by the people • Direct appeal to the masses • Government control by interest groups • Politics based on personal ties • direct appeal to the masses

  25. The House of Lords is • An elected institution • An appointed institution • A hereditary institution • An appointed and elected institution • An appointed institution

  26. Political parties in Europe are in decline because of? • Growth of right wing politics • Postmodern values • The European Union • Decline in civic culture • postmodern values

  27. Conservatism is a philosophy based on • A belief that individuals are more important than the society they live in • opposition to the welfare state • the limitation of political power • none of the above • none of the above

  28. Fascism is based on each of the following except • Nationalism • Corporatism • Political elite • The volk • political elite

  29. In most democracies today we find • Low levels of support for the state • High levels of electoral participation • High levels of political information • High degree of confidence in officials • high levels of electoral participation

  30. Parliamentary government • Requires the direct election of a prime minister and a parliament • provides that the cabinet can be ousted by a vote of parliament • generally has strong parliamentary committees • generally has some device for constitutional review • B

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