Exam 1 Review- POLI 2051 Kenny UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POLI 2051
Exam 1 Review- POLI 2051 Kenny
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is government? - CORRECT ANSWER - a formally established way of making and
carrying out political decisions
What is politics? - CORRECT ANSWER - the competition to shape government's impact
on society's problems and...
Exam 1 Review- POLI 2051 Kenny
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is government? - CORRECT ANSWER - a formally established way of making and
carrying out political decisions
What is politics? - CORRECT ANSWER - the competition to shape government's impact
on society's problems and goals
In what ways is our present government undemocratic? - CORRECT ANSWER - Electoral
college, gerrymandering, lobbying, appointed officials, executive orders, senate set-up
What is gerrymandering? - CORRECT ANSWER - practice to manipulate electoral to be
in favor of one party in particular
Why do we have government? - CORRECT ANSWER - refer to social contract theory
What is social contract theory? - CORRECT ANSWER - normative rather than empirical
theory (normative- the way government should handle things; empirical- the way things actually
are)
protects natural rights between people and the government - CORRECT ANSWER - the
social contract theory
Purposes of government - CORRECT ANSWER - protecting life; rights and liberties;
providing public goods; promoting equality
purposes of government can _ but you can understand these differences in term of political
ideology (people can't agree on importance) - CORRECT ANSWER - conflict
, Political ideology - CORRECT ANSWER - the way priorities are organized
political ideology is also - CORRECT ANSWER - a coherent set of beliefs about how
policies affect society and which policies are desirable
(Nolan chart)
Economic issues: control
social issues: freedom - CORRECT ANSWER - liberals
(Nolan chart)
Economic issues: freedom
social issues: Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Conservatives
(Nolan chart)
Economic issues: control
social issues: control - CORRECT ANSWER - populists
(Nolan chart)
Economic issues: freedom
social issues: freedom - CORRECT ANSWER - libertarians
Stages of policy process (the never ending cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER - -people
-linkage processes
-linkage institutions
-governmental agenda
-government
-policies
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