Chapter 2

Question 1

State

Answer 1

1. The organization that maintains a monopoly force over a given territory.
2. A set of political institutions that generates an executes policy regarding freedom and equality.

Question 2

Sovereignty

Answer 2

The ability of a state to carry out actions and policies within a territory independently of external actors and internal rivals

Question 3

Regime

Answer 3

The fundamental rules and norms of politics, embodying, long-term goals regarding individual freedom and collective equality or power should reside and how it should be used.

Question 4

Government

Answer 4

The leadership or elite in charge of running the state

Question 5

Country

Answer 5

A state, government, and regime, and the people who live within that political system

Question 6

Legitimacy

Answer 6

A value whereby an institution is accepted by the public as right and proper, thus giving it authority and power

Question 7

Traditional legitimacy

Answer 7

Legitimacy that accepts aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time

Question 8

Charismatic legitimacy

Answer 8

Legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied by an individual leader

Question 9

Rational–legal legitimacy

Answer 9

Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

A system in which significant state powers, such as taxation, lawmaking, and security, are devoted to regional or local bodies

Question 11

Asymmetric federalism

Answer 11

A system in which power is divided unevenly among regional bodies— for example, some regions are given greater power over taxation or language rights than others, a more likely outcome in a country with significant ethnic divisions.

Question 12

Unitary State

Answer 12

A state in which most political power exists at the national level with limited local authority.

Question 13

Devolution

Answer 13

A process in which political power is “sent down” to lower levels of state and government

Question 14

Strong state

Answer 14

A state that is able to fulfill basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy.

Question 15

Weak state

Answer 15

A state that has difficulty fulfilling basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes and managing the economy

Question 16

Failed state

Answer 16

A state so weak that its political structures collapse, leading to anarchy and violence

Question 17

Capacity

Answer 17

The ability of the state to wield power to carry out basic tasks, such as defending territory, making enforcing rules, collecting taxes and managing the economy.

Question 18

Autonomy

Answer 18

The ability of the state to wield its power independently of the public or international actors