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PSCI 1100 Exam with Complete Solutions Strict scrutiny - Answer-A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection because it does not serve a compelling state interest and is not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal precendent - Answer-binding force for stability in law that often causes justices to rule in line with previous decisions Griswold v. Connecticut - Answer-1965 decision that the Constitution implicitly guarantees citizens' right to privacy - contraception coul...

PSCI 1100 EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ALL CORRECT Nationalist backlash against globalization - Answer-After societal change, "losers" of value change embrace traditionalist values, with authoritarian populist movements claiming to protect traditional values against present day decay Canadian State Building and Indigenous People: Early Encounters - Answer-Co-existence of settlers with indigenous peoples, based on trade and shifting military alliances. European illnesses decimate indi...

PSCI 1100 Exam Review Questions with Correct Answers Entrenched Constitutional Act - Answer-Laws that are very hard to get rid of. - Seen as "supreme" laws and are amenable only by extraordinary means - Are the best way to ensure the rights of citizens will not be violated Executive Power - Answer-Power to "execute" or administer a law or policy Federalism/Federal system - Answer-A method of political organization which divides powers between general and regional governments, each...

collective action action that takes place in groups and diverges from the social norms of the situation collective goods goods that are collectively produced and freely available for anyone's consumption compromise Settlement in which each side concedes some of its preferences in order to secure others. conformity costs the difference between what any one party prefers and what the collective body requires

Typical Functions of a constitution 1. Identify the various forms of authority (e.g. legislative, executive, judicial); 2. Define/allocate the powers of each and their relations to each other; 3. Identify the institutions or individuals who will exercise the various forms of authority and how they are to be chosen; 4. Identify the basic rules or procedures governing how the basic institutions will operate. 5. Set out the relationship between the various forms of authority and the citizens (...

PSCI 1100 Midterm 1 Exam with Complete Answers Federalism - Answer-Federalism is a political system in which authority is allocated to the national government and subnational governments. Hybrid arrangement that mixes elements of a confederation, in which lower-level governments possess primary authority, and unitary government, in which the national government monopolizes constitutional authority Compromise of the nation's fear of centralized power (Britain) but also the lack of productivi...

PSCI 1100 Final Exam Questions and Answers All Correct What is political participation? - Answer-Political participation is the activities citizens undertake to influence government. Why don't people participate in politics? - Answer-Probability that your vote will decide the election is essentially equal to 0, you get benefits either way (Free rider problem), and voting is costly Why do people participate in politics? - Answer-- Ability: because you know how, which depends on: (a) know...

PSCI 1100 Midterm Exam with Complete Solutions Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) - Answer--How did the court rule? No constitutional right to abortion, overrules Roe and Casey -Broader significance Shows how government is becoming increasingly more conservative, republican state majorities and conservative SCOTUS. Ignores stare decisis by overturning legal precedent. Missouri Compromise of 1820 - Answer--Strictly political situation -Missouri admitted as a slave s...

PSCI 1100 EXAM REVIEW Questions With Correct Answers. What is a State? - answera system of government instituions defined territory and population makes and enforces binding decisions provides certain goods and services exercises a monopoly of force within its territory regulates affairs without outside interference Possesses Legitimacy in the eyes of other states and its population Emergence of The State: Divine Theory - answerstate is a gift from god (chosen land/people) Emergence of...