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. A central argument of Almond and Verba's "The Civic Culture" is that ________.

a) only people with profound cultural knowledge should be allowed to vote correct incorrect

b) for states to remain stable, governments need to reflect and share many of the basic values of society correct incorrect

c) democracy can only work well in America correct incorrect

d) people are only interested in political developments within their own communities correct incorrect

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. ________ wrote a pioneering nineteenth-century work on comparative political cultures.

a) Samuel Huntington correct incorrect

b) Leonardo da Vinci correct incorrect

c) Alexis de Tocqueville correct incorrect

d) Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba correct incorrect

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. Studies of political culture became more fashionable in the 1960s because ________.

a) it complemented a more general trend towards behavioural" studies" correct incorrect

b) it followed other works which promoted a rethinking of modern democracy correct incorrect

c) it could be used to show that liberal democracies were superior to their Communist rivals correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A major challenge to the concept of political culture is that ________.

a) it ignores the controversial topic of nationalism correct incorrect

b) it originated in the 1960s, and things have changed a lot since then correct incorrect

c) few nations can be said to exhibit homogenous cultures correct incorrect

d) it can only be applied to Western democratic states correct incorrect

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. Robert Putnam's study of Northern Italy revealed ________.

a) an alienated population which despised authority of all kinds correct incorrect

b) a long-established tradition of civic engagement correct incorrect

c) that the political culture of the North was identical to that of the South correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A major difficulty with Almond and Verba's work on the UK is that ________.

a) it paid insufficient attention to serious difficulties in Northern Ireland correct incorrect

b) it devoted too much attention to calls for devolution in parts of Britain correct incorrect

c) it alleged that Britain was seething with revolutionary fervour correct incorrect

d) it argued that British people were far too deferential correct incorrect

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. The Tanzanian state registered high levels of public satisfaction because ________.

a) the economy has been managed so well correct incorrect

b) the ruling party is associated with liberation from colonial rule correct incorrect

c) historic tribal divisions are actively encouraged by the government correct incorrect

d) all of the inhabitants are too frightened to say what they really think correct incorrect

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. One impact of globalization has been to ________.

a) undermine the power of political elites across the world correct incorrect

b) deter political leaders from trying to manipulate the media correct incorrect

c) raise new difficulties for those who try to identify sharply contrasting national political cultures correct incorrect

d) eradicate economic inequalities within and between states correct incorrect

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. Some commentators have argued that countries like Singapore are slow to develop democracy because ________.

a) Asian traditions are supposedly less individualistic than Western ones correct incorrect

b) Confucianism teaches that democracy is a mortal sin correct incorrect

c) standards of living are much lower than in the West correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The idea of state welfare has largely been less popular in the US than in Western Europe because ________.

a) organized labour has always exerted much more political influence in the US correct incorrect

b) economic inequality has always been much less severe in the US correct incorrect

c) all European countries have been in the grip of doctrinaire socialism since World War II correct incorrect

d) many US citizens regard their country as a land of opportunity for all and think that the poor are responsible for their own problems correct incorrect

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. Parochial groups tend to ________.

a) have little interest in politics, except politics that affect them personally correct incorrect

b) have an interest in national politics correct incorrect

c) have an interest in international politics correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The four pairs of values of civic culture are ________.

a) justice and liberty, coercion and trust, loyalty and commitment, equality and hierarchy correct incorrect

b) trust versus suspicion, hierarchy versus equality, liberty versus coercion, and loyalty versus commitment correct incorrect

c) coercion versus trust, loyalty versus justice, liberty versus hierarchy, friendship versus freedom correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The battle over the Confederate Flag in South Carolina was controversial. Governor Nikki Hayley moved to acknowledge the flag's history and need to remove the political symbol. She explained that ________.

a) it was important to honour the tradition of the flag, but also respond to the pain that the flag causes in many correct incorrect

b) it was important to remove the flag thanks to its divisive symbolism correct incorrect

c) in order to respond to the shooting the flag needed to be removed correct incorrect

d) the flag was a problematic reminder of racism correct incorrect

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. Samuel Huntington's book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order" argues that the major sources of international conflict is the differences between the following groups: ________.

a) professors and students correct incorrect

b) Pokemongo fans and those who do not play Pokemongo correct incorrect

c) Western Christianity and Islam correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The European Union's (EU) Copenhagen criteria for new members include ________.

a) the ability to take on obligations of membership correct incorrect

b) stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, rule of law, and respect and protection of minority rights correct incorrect

c) a functioning economy and capacity to participate in the EU correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect