Category: Political and Economic Power

A. instrumental conflict theorists
B. reactionary conflict theorists
C. structural conflict theorists
D. dysfunctional conflict theorists

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

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

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

A. charismatic authority
B. traditional authority
C. authority
D. force

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

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

A. United States of America
B. the European Union
C. the United Nations
D. the International Criminal Court

A. the ability to influence decisions in a conflict situation
B. the ability to manipulate others desires
C. the ability to control the issues discussed
D. the ability to appeal to legal-rational authority

A. lobbying campaign financing and corruption
B. socialization outside the capitalist class to enforce discriminatory norms
C. class warfare economic cycles and intercorporate conflict
D. corporate corruption through interlocking directorates