Chapter 15

Question 1

Main issue of politics

Answer 1

to provide for common good, people are often forced to surrender some control of their lives to leaders and government

Question 2

individuals needs

Answer 2

often conflict with group need

Question 3

political system

Answer 3

social institutions and procedures for achieving the goals of a group

Question 4

each society must have

Answer 4

political system to allocate valued resources

Question 5

politics

Answer 5

exercise of power/authority

Question 6

power

Answer 6

ability to exercise ones will over others

Question 7

sources of power

Answer 7

force, influence, and authority

Question 8

force

Answer 8

use of coercion to impose ones will on another

Question 9

influence

Answer 9

power through process of pursuasion

Question 10

authority

Answer 10

recognized institutionalized behavior

Question 11

how is authority given

Answer 11

legitimate power through elected or publicly acknowledged position

Question 12

tragedy of the commons

Answer 12

common land overused by individuals

Question 13

conflict of

Answer 13

social and individual interests

Question 14

how might we benefit from shared land

Answer 14

must give up all individual gains

Question 15

how do we address tragedy of the commons

Answer 15

politics develops as a system

Question 16

what is the main problem with tragedy of the commons

Answer 16

power tends to be abused

Question 17

what is the problem of taming of the state

Answer 17

state has monopoly on legitimate use of force, how to keep from using it to exploit its own people

Question 18

how many requirements to tame the state

Answer 18

two

Question 19

1 requirement

Answer 19

clear set of rules (laws) that limit the states power and means of exercising power (laws that government can only go so far)

Question 20

2 requirement

Answer 20

a structure where power is dispersed among many powerful groups

Question 21

elitist state

Answer 21

a single elite group rules

Question 22

what does the elitist state lead to

Answer 22

tyranny

Question 23

pluralist state

Answer 23

rules by many competing elites

Question 24

how is political power dispersed among pluralist state

Answer 24

dispersed among groups with diverse interests

Question 25

how does power shift

Answer 25

among conditions of many minorities

Question 26

pluralist state permits

Answer 26

individual freedom

Question 27

pluralism is needed to

Answer 27

tame the state

Question 28

threats to democracy

Answer 28

tyranny of minority, tyranny of majority

Question 29

tyranny of the minority

Answer 29

historically, a privileged few take control of government and repress the many

Question 30

tyranny of the majority

Answer 30

danger that majority or citizens would use representative government to exploit minority groups

Question 31

more incumbents are

Answer 31

men

Question 32

if there is an open seat or women are incumbent

Answer 32

women win just as much as men

Question 33

traditional authority

Answer 33

king/queen accepted as ruler by inheritance of crown

Question 34

in traditional authority, authority rests in

Answer 34

custom, written law, not personal characteristics

Question 35

legal-rational authority

Answer 35

power made legitimate by law

Question 36

what gives authority in legal-rational law

Answer 36

consitituriton gives congress/presidient authority to make/enforce laws/politics

Question 37

charismatic authority

Answer 37

glamour, charm, attractiveness of a person

Question 38

how is power legitimatized in charismatic

Answer 38

by individuals personal/emotional appeal

Question 39

in charismatic authority, what is not relied on

Answer 39

rules