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. Which of the following best describes the EU?

A state correct incorrect

An international organization correct incorrect

A supranational polity correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Complete the following: 'Legitimacy refers to the level of ________ that the governed have towards the political system.'

distaste correct incorrect

sympathy correct incorrect

apathy correct incorrect

trust correct incorrect

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. Which of the following describes the role of the executive in the 'Monnet method' of European integration?

Technical and strong correct incorrect

Technical and weak correct incorrect

Political and strong correct incorrect

Political and weak correct incorrect

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. In 1979 the first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in a bid to achieve what?

To increase deliberative democracy correct incorrect

To increase participatory democracy correct incorrect

To increase representative democracy correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not used to explain the difficulty of engaging citizens in European political debates?

There are no European interest groups correct incorrect

European political parties are weak correct incorrect

There is no European media correct incorrect

There is no European 'public sphere' correct incorrect

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. Three of the following were introduced by the 1992 Maastricht Treaty in order to boost the representative democracy of the EU. Which of the following was not among them but was instead introduced by the 2007 Lisbon Treaty?

European citizenship correct incorrect

Ordinary legislative procedure correct incorrect

Subsidiarity correct incorrect

Citizens' initiative correct incorrect

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. Which of the following organizations is primarily concerned with the representation of civil society organizations in European decision-making?

Committee of the Regions correct incorrect

Economic and Social Committee correct incorrect

European Commission correct incorrect

European Parliament correct incorrect

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. The 'governance turn' is associated with three of the following. With which of the following is it not associated?

Permissive consensus correct incorrect

Different modes of governance correct incorrect

Multiple levels of governance correct incorrect

Multiple actors correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the most accurate?

The Lisbon Treaty strengthened both representative and participatory democracy. correct incorrect

The Lisbon Treaty strengthened representative democracy and weakened participatory democracy. correct incorrect

The Lisbon Treaty weakened representative democracy and strengthened participatory democracy. correct incorrect

The Lisbon Treaty weakened both representative and participatory democracy. correct incorrect

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. With respect to the economic crisis, which of the following impacts upon the legitimacy and democratic credentials of the EU?

Transferring power over national budgets to Europe correct incorrect

Increased levels of unemployment correct incorrect

National politicians using the EU as a 'scapegoat' correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect