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.Management Sciences
Category: Political and Economic Power
The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?
A. new social movement theory
B. collective behavior theory
C. social strain theory
D. resource mobilization theory
Which type of theorists would argue that relentless class conflict between capitalists and workers boom and bust economic cycles and intercorporate conflict place limits on the ability of the capitalist class to manipulate political institutions at will?
A. instrumental conflict theorists
B. reactionary conflict theorists
C. structural conflict theorists
D. dysfunctional conflict theorists
Totalitarianism ?
A. is the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout the society?
B. is a state in which the government is concerned with satisfying the needs of the total person?
C. is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual families
D. can incorporate only in a socialist society
In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that_____________?
A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States
D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement
All societies confront three basic economic problems Which of the following is NOT one of them ?
A. determining what goods and services to produce
B. determining how to employ limited resources
C. determining how much each individual should be paid
D. determining for whom goods and services should be produced
Power whose basis is the threat or application of punishment is called______________?
A. charismatic authority
B. traditional authority
C. authority
D. force
How do market and command economies differ ?
A. Market economies rely on free markets whereas command economies rely on consumer sovereignty
B. Market economies rely on cooperation whereas command economies rely on conflict
C. Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property
D. Market and command economies do not differ substantially, but their political institutions do
Representative democracy is best described as system ?
A. where those elected simply represent the views of the electors
B. which ensures political equality and protects liberty
C. where decisions are taken by people elected by the community as a whole
D. where decisions are made communally by those affected by them
Which of the following is not an example of an institution or organization of global governance ?
A. United States of America
B. the European Union
C. the United Nations
D. the International Criminal Court
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