Anthony Giddens • Sociology 6th edition

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Chapter 22 — Politics, Government and Social Movements

1. Which theorist sees power as the chance that you will get your way even against opponents?
   a) Steven Lukes
   b) Max Weber
   c) Michel Foucault
   d) Jean Baudrillard
2. Which of the following is not an aspect of Foucault’s perspective on power?
   a) power/knowledge
   b) legitimation crisis
   c) discourse
   d) governmentality
3. What proportion of the world’s societies today are thought to be authoritarian rather than democratic?
   a) about half
   b) one fifth
   c) one third
   d) one tenth
4. Tony Blair’s ‘New’ Labour Party removed Clause 4 from the party’s constitution. What did Clause 4 commit the ‘Old’ Labour Party to achieve?
   a) public ownership of industrial enterprises
   b) unilateral nuclear disarmament
   c) withdrawal from NATO
   d) abolition of fee-paying schools
5. In what year did the 15 constituent republics of the USSR declare independence, thereby ending the Soviet Union as a functioning state?
   a) 1989
   b) 1998
   c) 2001
   d) 1991
6. The global spread of democracy is probably the most striking trend in geopolitics, but in the established Western democracies, what has now become a source of major concern?
   a) electoral fraud
   b) the expanding number of small political parties
   c) the decline in voter turnout
   d) security problems with e-voting
7. Which political figure first called for a ‘United States of Europe’?
   a) Adolf Hitler
   b) Winston Churchill
   c) Charles De Gaulle
   d) Harry S. Truman
8. Which early theorist of social movements worked in the Chicago School tradition of symbolic interactionism?
   a) Alain Touraine
   b) Sidney Tarrow
   c) Herbert Blumer
   d) Alberto Melucci
9. ‘The theory sees social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements – a “social movement industry” (SMI) – within which they compete, not least members and activists’. Which theory of social movements is this?
   a) new social movement theory
   b) collective behaviour theory
   c) social strain theory
   d) resource mobilization theory
10. Which of the following is not a new social movement?
    a) resource mobilization theory
    b) labour movement
    c) environmental movement
    d) anti-nuclear movement
11. Which of these is Steven Lukes's 'third dimension of power'?
    a) the ability to influence decisions in a conflict situation
    b) the ability to manipulate others' desires
    c) the ability to control the issues discussed
    d) the ability to appeal to legal-rational authority
12. Representative democracy is best described as a system:
    a) where those elected simply represent the views of the electors
    b) which ensures political equality and protects liberty
    c) where decisions are taken by people elected by the community as a whole
    d) where decisions are made communally by those affected by them
13. The highest turnout in a post-war general election was in:
    a) 1945
    b) 1950
    c) 1964
    d) 1979
14. Which year did Finland join the EU?
    a) 1973
    b) 1995
    c) 2004
    d) none of these
15. Which one of these institutions is not elected?
    a) Colchester City Council
    b) The Muslim Council of Britain
    c) The London Assembly
    d) Council of the European Union
16. Which of these is NOT an explicit feature of Third Way politics?
    a) the strengthening of civil society
    b) retrenchment in welfare spending
    c) the maintenance of a mixed economy
    d) environmentally sustainable economic growth

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