American Government
Chapter 1.1-1.4 Study Guide
1.
How do Max Weber and Kenneth Boulding define power?
2.
Summarize the five sources of power from the diagram on page 5.
 Formal Authority
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Expertise
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Coercion
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Rewards
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Persuasion
3.
How can power be used for positive ends? Negative?
4.
How do people get power through authority?
5.
If someone has formal authority, where does their power come from?
6.
What does legitimacy depend on?
7.
Explain how mandate of heaven and divine right of kings gives a ruler legitimacy.
8.
Who challenged the previous doctrines with the social contract theory?
9.
What did they say legitimacy of a government came from?
10. Explain the contract’s terms.
11. What is the importance of the Mayflower Compact?
12. What purposes does government serve?
13. Why did Hobbes and Locke emphasize a need for government?
14. How do you benefit from public goods?
15. What are the two key characteristics of a public good?
16. What are the two things governments provide?
17. What are the two building blocks of government?
18. What does coercion refer to?
19. What are examples of coercion?
20. How do governments collect revenue?
21. Who is Aristotle and what did he do?
22. Explain the two ways Aristotle categorized governments.
23. What was his ideal government?
24. What did he say about the real world?
25. Explain the four characteristics of nation-states.
 Territorial integrity
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Stable population
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Code of laws

National sovereignty
26. What two concepts does a nation-state merge?
27. No matter what, political activity is __________________________.
Explain what they mean by that statement with examples from your book.
28. How is political activity collective?
29. How can conflicts be resolved when working collectively?
30. Explain the routines and rules institutions establish.