PLSC Final Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Version 2025
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PLSC Final Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Version 2025
Crony capitalism - Answers corrupt, secretive favors among government officials and businesspeople
Gini Index - Answers Measure of inequality ranging from 100 for total inequality to 0 for perfect equality
Protestant Ethic - A...
PLSC Final Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Version 2025
Crony capitalism - Answers corrupt, secretive favors among government officials and businesspeople
Gini Index - Answers Measure of inequality ranging from 100 for total inequality to 0 for perfect equality
Protestant Ethic - Answers - Weber's theory that religion first ignited capitalism
neocolonialism - Answers - Rich-country dominance by indirect, economic means
deterrence theory - Answers - Dissuading attack by showing its high costs to the attacker
security dilemma- - Answers - Mutually reinforcing negative effects of each nation's efforts to increase
defense capabilities
détente diplomacy - Answers attempts to relax tensions between hostile countries
disarmament - Answers - elimination of existing weapons
Clausewitz on escalation - Answers - a tendency to build into the nature of war. He cautions about
letting the war escalate to an extreme. Every push yields a pushback
asymmetrical warfare - Answers out of balance, as when one country has more power than the other; a
conflict in which two sides are unequal
relative deprivation- - Answers Theory that unequal wealth motivates underdog groups
blood diamond - Answers - a diamond obtained coercively through crime or civil war
dumping of products - Answers selling goods abroad for less than it costs to produce them
diaspora - Answers national or ethnic group scattered among several countries
coup - Answers Extralegal seizure of power, usually by the military; swift replacement of leadership,
usually by military forces
Brexit - Answers - Informal term for Britain's exit from the EU
Pape on terrorism - Answers - Doesn't believe Islam is a prime cause like many often do. Many motives
dealt with the desire to ride a country of foreign occupiers. The solution is for foreigners to leave.
euro - Answers common EU currency; its value fluctuates but is usually worth more than a dollar
pros and cons of trade blocs - Answers - Negative- lock out foreign competition, damage its citizen's
prosperity, and retard worldwide growth. Positive- open foreign competition, help poor lands through
trade, and raise living standards
modernization theory - Answers - Industrialization modernizes the whole society, paving the way for
democracy
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