state of power

Question 1

nation

Answer 1

cultural

Question 2

state

Answer 2

political entity

Question 3

formal decision making

Answer 3

elected/appointed officials, party council, dictator

Question 4

administrative apparatus

Answer 4

civil bureaucracy, judiciary, clerks, etc

Question 5

coercive apparatus

Answer 5

military, police, intelligence agencies

Question 6

ideological apparatus

Answer 6

public schools, laws governing family, religion

Question 7

pluralism

Answer 7

the states is influenced by diverse competing interest that create a democratic equilibrium

Question 8

power elite

Answer 8

state power has been monopolozed by inter-connected corporate, military and political elites

Question 9

Marxist

Answer 9

the state operates as a tool of the ruling classes; it is an expression of class conflict not a cause of it

Question 10

libertarian

Answer 10

the states should interfere with the free markets property rights and personal liberty as little as possible

Question 11

citizenship

Answer 11

a set of rights, privileges and duties granted by the state that designates formal membership

Question 12

citizenship diminished by

Answer 12

formal legal restrictions (dejure)
informal limitations (de facto)

Question 13

diminished citizenship

Answer 13

citizenship rights have most often been limited or denied on the basis of race, gender, religion, and sexuality

Question 14

legitimate authority

Answer 14

power exercised with the consent of those subject to it. the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force and violence