Chapter 3 Quiz

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1. Which of the following is usually considered a definitive characteristic of a modern state?

a. Democracy correct incorrect

b. Monopoly on the legitimate use of force correct incorrect

c. Being a global power correct incorrect

d. Hosting the Olympics correct incorrect

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2. What did Max Weber mean when he said that the modern state exerts a monopoly on legitimate force?

a. Most people in modern societies disagree with the use of force if the state does not authorize it correct incorrect

b. Only the state exerts violence in modern societies. correct incorrect

c. Modern states are non-violent, unlike their predecessors correct incorrect

d. Weber did not say anything like that; it was Karl Marx correct incorrect

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3. Which of the following is often considered a "failed or fragile state"?

a. France correct incorrect

b. Arkansas correct incorrect

c. Mexico correct incorrect

d. Haiti correct incorrect

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4. Which of the following is a fair characterization of "civil society"?

a. A society in which manners are well developed. correct incorrect

b. Groups or networks of people deliberating about politics but not in or through the state. correct incorrect

c. All of society except those who have served in the military. correct incorrect

d. Groups or networks of people within the state bureaucracy who keep it deliberative. correct incorrect

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5. In Chapter 3, you read that scholars of comparative politics stress that bureaucracies are the most efficient way to coordinate complex social projects. Why do they think so?

a. Bureaucracies are bad, but dictatorships are worse. correct incorrect

b. Bureaucracies allow leaders to coordinate collective action. correct incorrect

c. Comparative political scientists do not usually have to endure bureaucracies. correct incorrect

d. It could always be worse. correct incorrect

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6. What does it mean to say that a state is "sovereign"?

a. Sovereignty is a ruse of global capitalism. correct incorrect

b. The state is recognized as the sole political authority in some territory. correct incorrect

c. Sovereignty means that you are governed indirectly by an empire but you get to keep your own, semi-autonomous institutions. correct incorrect

d. Sovereignty is no longer an important idea because of globalization. correct incorrect

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7. Who is a proponent of the bellicist theory of state formation?

a. John Meyer correct incorrect

b. Steven Levitsky correct incorrect

c. Charles Tilly correct incorrect

d. Barrington Moore correct incorrect

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8. Who is a proponent of an economic theory of state formation?

a. Douglass North correct incorrect

b. Buster Douglass correct incorrect

c. Philip Gorski correct incorrect

d. Alexis de Tocqueville correct incorrect

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9. Who is a proponent of a cultural theory of state formation?

a. Philip Roth correct incorrect

b. Marques de Pombal correct incorrect

c. Alexander Haig correct incorrect

d. Philip Gorski correct incorrect

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10. Which author is most associated with the idea that the state diffused across the world?

a. John Meyer correct incorrect

b. Philip Gorski correct incorrect

c. Buster Douglass correct incorrect

d. Nigel Tufnel correct incorrect

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11. Which of the following do scholars consider to be true of the state in the United Kingdom?

a. There is no UK state, only the states of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. correct incorrect

b. The English state developed relatively early in historical terms, but also remained limited in important respects. correct incorrect

c. All other states should copy the UK states. correct incorrect

d. No Magna Carta, no state. correct incorrect

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12. Which of the following features of society would likely not increase the likelihood of state weakness or a failed state?

a. Frequent, large-scale conflict between groups correct incorrect

b. Very low levels of economic development correct incorrect

c. Institutions that cannot constrain the predatory behavior of elites correct incorrect

d. High levels of income tax collection relative to GDP correct incorrect

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13. In the "Thinking Comparatively" section, we discussed the uses of case studies by focusing on the nation-state in the UK. Which of the following claims is true about that case and our treatment of it?

a. The meanings of state and nation in the UK have changed considerably over time. correct incorrect

b. Case studies can only do one thing. correct incorrect

c. A case study is usually a sufficient test of an empirical hypothesis. correct incorrect

d. Nationalism has destroyed the British state. correct incorrect

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14. Which of the following would, in principle, be a reasonable comparative hypothesis about nationalism in the contemporary UK?

a. The Scots need autonomy because they deserve it. correct incorrect

b. There has always been England. correct incorrect

c. As time passes, we will see a continued push for autonomy and perhaps independence in Scotland. correct incorrect

d. Scotland will be independent, I guarantee it. correct incorrect

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15. What does it mean to say that the state "diffused" globally?

a. It got really thin. correct incorrect

b. They all fused together. correct incorrect

c. Over time, the organizational form of the state spread around the world. correct incorrect

d. Over time, the organizational form of the state retreated around the world. correct incorrect