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. According to American political scientist Harold Lasswell, ________.

a) "politics is the art of the possible" correct incorrect

b) "people are political animals" correct incorrect

c) politics is about "who gets what, when, and how" correct incorrect

d) all political power is corrupting correct incorrect

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. Karl Marx understood politics as ________.

a) a way for one class to oppress another correct incorrect

b) a way of reaching mutually beneficial compromises correct incorrect

c) a natural product of human competitiveness correct incorrect

d) the only way to resolve class antagonisms correct incorrect

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. A key thesis of the "end of ideology" and "end of history" arguments is that ________.

a) no-one believes in ideology any more correct incorrect

b) liberal democratic values are dominant in the developed world correct incorrect

c) Karl Marx was right after all correct incorrect

d) history is a very tedious subject which should disappear from the Political Curriculum correct incorrect

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. Students of politics are interested in ________.

a) who makes the key decisions correct incorrect

b) the values that influence key decisions correct incorrect

c) whether or not ordinary people have a chance to influence key decisions correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Authority is best understood as ________.

a) something which is guaranteed to anyone who holds a high office of state correct incorrect

b) the strength to impose one's will correct incorrect

c) the possession of legitimate power correct incorrect

d) having a lot of admirers within the media correct incorrect

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. The state is ________.

a) the ruling party at any given time correct incorrect

b) the bureaucratic machinery that keeps the government running correct incorrect

c) a range of institutions which includes among other things the bureaucracy, judges, police, and security services correct incorrect

d) an all-powerful network of individuals from similar social backgrounds, all of whom conspire to deprive ordinary people of their rights correct incorrect

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. Politics could be a "science" like physics if only ________.

a) politicians made more rational decisions correct incorrect

b) the conduct of human beings was completely predictable correct incorrect

c) researchers were more painstaking in assembling their evidence correct incorrect

d) students of politics wore white coats and worked in laboratories correct incorrect

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. Aristotle believed that ________.

a) direct democracy was inevitable correct incorrect

b) aristocratic rule was always corrupt correct incorrect

c) monarchy was the "ideal" form of government correct incorrect

d) democracy could work but only in states which adopted proportional representation correct incorrect

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. Semantic analysis is ________.

a) concerned with asking value questions correct incorrect

b) focused on the identification of observable phenomena correct incorrect

c) an approach that looks at the meanings and origins of the concepts used in the discipline correct incorrect

d) a form of deductive theory with origins in economic models of human behaviour correct incorrect

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. Civil society refers to the many private groups and institutions that operate between the individual and the state and includes ________.

a) people, politics, and institutions correct incorrect

b) individuals, the state, businesses, non-government organizations, religious institutions, and voluntary organizations correct incorrect

c) individuals, politicians, celebrities, and religious institutions correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The Behavioural Revolution refers to ________.

a) the study of behaviour correct incorrect

b) number crunching and understanding electoral politics correct incorrect

c) social science methods applied to voting correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Jamieson's three main arguments in support of animal rights are ________.

a) animals and humans are similar, animals are innocent, and treating animals well helps create a better society correct incorrect

b) animals and human are not similar, some animals are violent, and it is important to feed animals well correct incorrect

c) animals and humans are similar, some animals are violent, and treating animals well helps create a better society correct incorrect

d) we need to take into account animal rights in the political process, some animals are innocent, and treating animals well helps create a better society correct incorrect

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. Normative analysis is ________.

a) concerned with asking value questions correct incorrect

b) focused on the identification of observable phenomena correct incorrect

c) considers what kind of society and polity we ought to have correct incorrect

d) both A and C correct incorrect