Posc 101 Exam #1 With Correct Answers 100% 2026

POSC 101 EXAM #1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 100% 2026 Politics - Correct Answer activities associated with the governance of a state Governing - Correct Answer how are politics and power organized? Aristotle's organization of governing - Correct Answer "by whom and for what interest?" Modern State - Correct Answer our unit of analysis in political science "institution w/ a monopoly of legitimate use of physical force in enforcing its order within a given territorial area" -Max Weber Empirical - Correct Answer how are politics and power organized? "what is" Normative - Correct Answer how should politics and power be organized? "what ought to be" Sovereignty - Correct Answer primary authority in charge of what happens inside borders, no direct challenge Internal Sovereignty - Correct Answer control over what happens inside borders External Sovereignty - Correct Answer borders are respected and not challenged Pluralism - Correct Answer people form groups and will compete for resources, ideal that groups are equal Elitism - Correct Answer critique of pluralism- someone will always have more power than others in society (ex. of US Congress) Marxism/ruling class theory - Correct Answer Power and money will control the economy and these elites will continue to use the system to benefit themselves Civil Society - Correct Answer consists of institutions, such as interest groups, that stand in a position between the individual and the state Cosmopolitanism - Correct Answer idea that all humans belong to a single community, based on a shared morality Governance - Correct Answer the manner in which power is executed and and resources are managed. Includes traditional state institutions, social institutions, and economic influence (basically other decision making factors) Social Contract - Correct Answer Rawls- what citizens agree to give up and what the govt provides in return Hobbes - Correct Answer "without govt, life will suck" state of nature: solitary, poor, short. role of the sovereign: provide order Locke - Correct Answer people are inherently good but are corrupted by society. Govt is to