week 2

Question 1

T or F
hierachies are everywhere?

Answer 1

true

Question 2

what heriachy are not questions?

Answer 2

pilots or doctors for example

Question 3

origins of politics
What is the base of politics

Answer 3

Kinship

Question 4

What group is kinship oriented but bigger

Answer 4

hunter

Question 5

Biggest group with one leader

Answer 5

tribes

Question 6

What is this?
Makes sure that everything’s keeps going. no worrying that things will fall

Answer 6

politics

Question 7

what is this?
greek word (Kubermites) that means steersman’s, governor, pilots

Answer 7

government

Question 8

DOES POLITICS dEfINE WHAT PEOPLE WANT OR WHAT THEY GET?

Answer 8

What people want

Question 9

T or F
government must respond to politics

Answer 9

true

Question 10

What is governance

Answer 10

Process by which decisions, laws and policies are made with or without input of formal institution

Question 11

What is a regime

Answer 11

norms and rules that governs politics, where authority should reside

Question 12

What is power

Answer 12

The ability to influence others or impose one’s will on the,

Question 13

___ is the right to excercise power

Answer 13

authority

Question 14

___ is the fact that people accept that people of authority have power

Answer 14

legitimacy

Question 15

3 types of authority

Answer 15

1- Traditional authority
2- Charismatic authority
3- Rational - legal authority

Question 16

what is traditional authority?

Answer 16

-Obey out of habit
-cultural value
-like the queen

Question 17

What is charismatic authority

Answer 17

-Based on quality of leader
-Tied to a specific person
-Like Nelson Mandala

Question 18

What is Rational - Legal authority

Answer 18

• Obey leaders who inhabit offices
  -depersonalized
  -like doctor, Barack Obama

Question 19

Why do we need states (3 reasons)

Answer 19

• a way to make and enforce rules
• a mechanism to solve conflict
• a way to set a collective goal (direction)

Question 20

What is the hardware (doesn’t change) and what is the software (changes) between state and government

Answer 20

Hardware is state
software is government

Question 21

What is this?
The legal and political authority of a territory containing a population marked by borders

Answer 21

A state

Question 22

Why were states created

Answer 22

to bring control back

Question 23

What 5 things does a state have?

Answer 23

1- government
2- population
3- territory
4- sovereignty
5- Legitimacy

Question 24

What is the ultimate source of authority and the final decision maker in a society?

Answer 24

sovereignty

Question 25

What 3 things is a strong state able to carry?

Answer 25

1- security
2- public policy
3- Basic goods and services

Question 26

Why is a state considered weak?

Answer 26

if its unable to fufill tasks

Question 27

What might a weak state face?

Answer 27

rivals such as organized crimes, guerrilla movements and other states

Question 28

what is a Quasi states

Answer 28

degenerated but sovereings and recognized
ex: somalia

Question 29

What is a defacto state?

Answer 29

A state with no legal recognition
ex: Taiwan

Question 30

What is this?
Where you were born decides your citizenship

Answer 30

rule of the land
ex: america

Question 31

What is this?
The citizens of your parent is yours

Answer 31

rule of the blood
ex: Europe, asia

Question 32

What is this: a cultural and historical concept describing a group of people who identify with one another on the basis of shared culture, language or myth

Answer 32

A nation

Question 33

what is zenophobia

Answer 33

The fear of rejection of foreigners in a community