Chapter 13 Practice Quiz

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. Which one of the following is NOT a primary component of modern states?

Social services correct incorrect

Administrative units or bureaucracies correct incorrect

Elected or appointed political decision-makers correct incorrect

Judiciary or legal system correct incorrect

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. Which perspective focuses on evolving practices relating to the recruitment, training, and employment of administrators in bureaucracies?

managerial correct incorrect

militaristic correct incorrect

bureaucratic correct incorrect

economic correct incorrect

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. Which perspective focuses on the state as a means of resolving the clashing interests of different class group?

managerial correct incorrect

militaristic correct incorrect

economic correct incorrect

bureaucratic correct incorrect

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. Who theorized that, "Wars made the state, and the state made war"?

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Max Weber correct incorrect

Charles Tilly correct incorrect

Dorothy Smith correct incorrect

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. Which one of the following answers is NOT a basic function of the welfare state?

Assist the efforts of capitalists to exploit the working class correct incorrect

Provide a minimum income for its citizens correct incorrect

Reduce economic insecurity correct incorrect

Provide public with a range of services correct incorrect

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. The Canada Pension Plan is an example of which type of program?

Universal program correct incorrect

Means-tested program correct incorrect

Merit-based program correct incorrect

Non-profit program correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about means-tested programs?

They tend to have more political support than universal programs. correct incorrect

They are a more efficient way to address inequality than universal programs. correct incorrect

They are viewed as something that all citizens share. correct incorrect

They are simple to access and determine eligibility. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are measures by the state to address gross and systematic violations of human rights through compensation?

Retribution programs correct incorrect

Justice programs correct incorrect

Reconciliation programs correct incorrect

Reparation programs correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about residential schools in Canada?

The last one closed in 1966. correct incorrect

The intention was to protect Indigenous children from abusive parents. correct incorrect

Children were forbidden to speak their language or practise their own culture. correct incorrect

More than 350,000 Indigenous children attended these schools. correct incorrect

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. Which theory about voting patterns argues that fewer young people vote because of a variety of structural, social, and economic circumstances?

Welfare effect correct incorrect

Civic engagement correct incorrect

Life-cycle effect correct incorrect

Generational replacement correct incorrect

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. Social change can be intentional, but it is often unintentional.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The state's right to use violence is considered justifiable because it works to maintain social order and to defend the nation's interests.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The managerial perspective is related to Weber's earlier claim that the state is the only legitimate user of violence within a territory.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The managerial perspective focuses on the evolving practices relating to recruitment, training, and employment of administrators needed to manage these new bureaucracies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. From the beginning, the modern state was essentially intended for war-making and was centrally concerned with establishing and maintaining military might.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The economic perspective is related to Weber's theories and is sometimes referred to as the status perspective.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The welfare state refers to a state that plays a primary role in the promotion of its citizens' economic and social well-being.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Welfare states are instrumental in dealing with and reducing inequality.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Universal programs are available for a select few citizens such as capitalists.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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The TRC was established by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement of 2007.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect