Chapter 1

Question 1

5 sources of power

Answer 1

• legitimate source (position and duties within org)
• referent source (persuading others)
• rewards (give others what they want)
• Coercion (punishing others)
• Expertise

Question 2

legitamacy

Answer 2

• others’ willingness to follow a ruler gives it legitamacy. Others believe the ruler has a right to rule

Question 3

Mandate of heaven

Answer 3

• doctrine of legitamacy. According to this doctrine, the Chinese ruler was the “son of heaven” and allowed to rule as long as he did it morally

Question 4

divine right of kings

Answer 4

doctrine of legitamacy
- ppl believed that God gave kings right to rule

Question 5

Social contract theory

Answer 5

• ppl obey leader as long as leader protects their rights

Question 6

Purpose of Gov

Answer 6

• order
  -protection
  -public goods

Question 7

Gov’s key powers that are essential to providing protection and public goods

Answer 7

• Coercion (gov can punish)
• means of providing revenue (they can get people to pay)

Question 8

Aristotle’s classification of government

Answer 8

• kingship
• aristocracy
• polity
• tyranny
• oligarchy
• democracy

Question 9

kingship

Answer 9

gov by one vitous rulers

Question 10

aristocracy

Answer 10

gov by the virtuous few for the good of all

Question 11

Polity

Answer 11

constitutional government inw hcih everyone has a share in political power

Question 12

tyranny

Answer 12

Rule by one lawless ruler

Question 13

Olicgarchy

Answer 13

Rule by the wealthy few in their own interest

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

Rule by the poor in their own interest.

Question 15

4 Political Games

Answer 15

Horse Trading
Walkout
Power Struggle
Demolition Derby

Question 16

Horse Trading

Answer 16

• Winning by giving to get
• ie Bidding then going back and forth on a price

Question 17

Walkout

Answer 17

• Winning by refusing to play
• ie striking

Question 18

Power Struggle

Answer 18

• Winning by being smarter and stronger than the opposition
• Machiavelli and his book ‘The Prince’
  —– “end justifies the means”
  —– “be scary like the lion and smart like the wolf”
  —– “it is better to be feared than loved”
  -ie Cuban Missle Crisis

Question 19

Demolition Derby

Answer 19

Winning by wiping out opposition
- ie Punic wars

Question 20

Civil Disobedience

Answer 20

Winning by refusing to Comply
- ie Gandhi leader of struggle to free India from British rule

Question 21

the legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules

Answer 21

authority

Question 22

authority

Answer 22

the legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules

Question 23

power

Answer 23

the ability to cause others to behave as they might otherwise choose to do

Question 24

the ability to cause others to behave as they might otherwise choose to do

Answer 24

power

Question 25

legitimacy

Answer 25

the quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power

Question 26

the quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power

Answer 26

legitimacy

Question 27

public good

Answer 27

A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not

Question 28

A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not

Answer 28

public

Question 29

nation-state

Answer 29

an independent state, especially one in which the people share a common culture. In a nation state, people have a sense of belonging to one country, even if they have different ethnic backgrounds

Question 30

an independent state, especially one in which the people share a common culture. In a nation state, people have a sense of belonging to one country, even if they have different ethnic backgrounds

Answer 30

nation-state

Question 31

soverignty

Answer 31

the right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself

Question 32

the right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself

Answer 32

sovereignty

Question 33

politics

Answer 33

the process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human interactions

Question 34

the process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human interactions

Answer 34

politics

Question 35

institution

Answer 35

an established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it