Chapter 17

Question 1

A political state in which a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power

Answer 1

absolute monarchy

Question 2

The role of the state in maintaining the economic conditions for sustained capitalist investment and profitability

Answer 2

accumulation function

Question 3

The political principles and practice of social organization without formal or state leadership

Answer 3

anarchism

Question 4

The absence of any organized government

Answer 4

anarchy

Question 5

Violent military conflict in which there is a significant imbalance of technical and military means between combatants

Answer 5

asymmetrical warfare

Question 6

Power that people accept because it comes from a source that is perceived as legitimate

Answer 6

authority

Question 7

Power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities

Answer 7

charismatic authority

Question 8

The internalized sense of individual dignity, rights, and freedom that accompanies formal membership in the political community

Answer 8

citizenship

Question 9

The role of the state in maintaining social order by use of force

Answer 9

coercive function

Question 10

A political state in which a monarch is head of state but whose powers are limited by a legal constitution

Answer 10

constitutional monarchy

Question 11

Rule by the people

Answer 11

democracy

Question 12

The deliberative process by which the will or decisions of the people are determined

Answer 12

democratic will formation

Question 13

A form of government in which decision making, even in matters of detail, is conducted through assemblies made up of all citizens

Answer 13

direct democracy

Question 14

A situation in which power and resistance are fixed into a more or less permanent hierarchical arrangement

Answer 14

domination

Question 15

(1) A geographically widespread organization of individual states, nations, and peoples that is ruled by a centralized government; (2) The contemporary global network form of power whose territory is the entire globe and whose network nodes include the dominant nation‐states, supranational institutions, and major capitalist corporations

Answer 15

empire

Question 16

The various means and strategies used to direct the behaviour and actions of others (or of oneself)

Answer 16

government

Question 17

The ideal norm of democratic discussion in which every subject is permitted to take part in public discussion, to question assertions, to introduce assertions, and to express attitudes, desires, and needs; no subject can be prevented from speaking

Answer 17

ideal speech situation

Question 18

An event staged using primarily visual symbols as a means of public persuasion

Answer 18

image event

Question 19

The process of controlling the impact of one’s appearance to others

Answer 19

image management

Question 20

The institutions that organize the regular processes of democracy including parliament, the civil service, electoral procedures, constitutions, rule of law, etc

Answer 20

institutions of democracy

Question 21

The role of the state in securing social harmony and the consent of the public to be ruled

Answer 21

legitimation function

Question 22

A form of government in which a single person, or monarch, rules until that individual dies or abdicates the throne

Answer 22

monarchy

Question 23

A political unit whose boundaries are co-extensive with a cultural, linguistic or ethnic nation

Answer 23

nation-state

Question 24

A style of government which governs individuals through their exercise of freedom and free choice

Answer 24

neoliberalism

Question 25

The social process in which civil society organizes itself for military action and the production of violence as a routine practice of everyday life

Answer 25

normalization of militarization

Question 26

The state acts as a neutral mediator to balance the competing interests and demands of divergent interest groups in society

Answer 26

pluralist theory

Question 27

(1) The means by which form is given to the life of a people; (2) The activity of striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state

Answer 27

politics

Question 28

The underlying societal factors and social changes that create constituencies of people with common interests

Answer 28

political demand

Question 29

The process in which political messaging is subject to sophisticated controls, calculations, and communications strategies

Answer 29

political image management

Question 30

The strategies and organizational capacities of political parties to deliver an appealing political program to particular constituencies

Answer 30

political supply

Question 31

Concerns with quality-of-life issues: personal autonomy, self-expression, environmental integrity, women’s rights, gay rights, the meaningfulness of work, habitability of cities, etc

Answer 31

postmaterialist

Question 32

A condition in which lethal violence is present as a constant potentiality, always and everywhere ready to erupt

Answer 32

post-security

Question 33

(1) The ability to exercise one’s will over others; (2) The capacity or to create and act

Answer 33

power

Question 34

An open democratic space for public debate and deliberation

Answer 34

public sphere

Question 35

Power that is legitimized by rules, regulations, and laws

Answer 35

rational-legal authority

Question 36

A government wherein citizens elect officials to represent their interests

Answer 36

representative democracy

Question 37

A rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the way of life, social structure, and political institutions of a society

Answer 37

revolution

Question 38

The system by which the world is divided up into separate and indivisible sovereign territories or states

Answer 38

sovereign state system

Question 39

The political form in which a single, central, supreme lawmaking authority governs within a clearly demarcated territory

Answer 39

sovereignty

Question 40

A human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory

Answer 40

state

Question 41

A condition of crisis in which the law or the constitution is temporarily suspended so that the state can claim emergency powers

Answer 41

state of exception

Question 42

The use of violence on civilian populations and institutions to achieve political ends

Answer 42

terrorism

Question 43

Power legitimized on the basis of long-standing customs

Answer 43

traditional authority

Question 44

A violent armed conflict between politically distinct groups

Answer 44

war