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Insider Trading correct answers Inside info about a deal that isn't public knowledge
Bribes correct answers Payments to officials for services
Embezzlement correct answers Stealing public Money
Kickbacks correct answers Commissions to public officials on government contracts
Extortion correct answers Blackmailing using official power
Quid Pro Quo correct answers Exchange for favors of elected officials
Favortism correct answers Hiring or promoting based on favorites
Nepotism correct answers Hiring or promoting based on family ties
Bundling correct answers Patron client structure where one person is sent out to raise money and
give all the checks to a campaign in a bundle
Public Office in Corruption correct answers Provides a clear definition, may leave out some
Public Interest in Corruption correct answers Includes Corruption by non officials can be
subjective
Public opinion in Corruption correct answers Ties Corruption clearly to legitimacy but hardest to
define
Parochial Corruption correct answers Explanations lie in traditional cultural values
Extractive Corruption correct answers Explanations lie in nature of incentives: Universal human
greed plus weak institutions
Weak State correct answers A government that is unable to police bad behavior
Greedy State correct answers A government that tries to control too much; Produces corruption
Undermining Public Trust correct answers Harmful to the Public
Violating Public Office in some way correct answers Selfish reasons/private gain
Violating public opinion correct answers Behavior that violates moral standards of society
The statement that "Even if you've never seen a black swan the next one could be black" shows
the limits of correct answers Inductive Reasoning
, Schattschneider argues that the basis of all politics is conflict correct answers True
According to Schattsneider when you increase the number of people in a conflict it will have no
effect on who wins. correct answers False
According to King, Keohane, and Verba the difference between qualitative and quantitative
traditions, political scientist are only stylistic. correct answers True
According to Shively, historical explanation is basically describing a sequence of events correct
answers False
according to Shively tribal explanations are explanations of unimportant facts correct answers
False
According to Duverger: There is really one kind of politics - the struggle for power between rich
and poor correct answers Fasle - Horizontal politics and Vertical politics
Politics is best understood as: correct answers Exercise of power
Group Decisions
Binding Decisions
Cooperation and Rivalry
Schaftschneider says the "displacement of conflicts" refers to the replacements of conflict with
consensus correct answers False
According to Shively power always involve the use of coercion correct answers False
Duverger uses the term horizontal conflict to refer to conflicts between countries correct answers
False
According to Shively, A public good is available to anyone who is willing to pay for it. correct
answers False - it is a good that is available to everyone who can pay for it.
According to Shively, if the term was used very precisely a nation-state would be a society
whose political and cultural boundaries matched perfectly. The society would be culturally
homogenous. correct answers True
Christopher Clapham defines a patron client relationship as one based on equal exchange of
benefits between patron and clients. correct answers False - It is based on unequal exchange of
beliefs.
The main difference between Malasian Big Men and polynesian Chiefs is that big men are bigger
in size and chiefs aren't. correct answers False
Public Good correct answers A good that is available for everyone
Insider Trading correct answers Inside info about a deal that isn't public knowledge
Bribes correct answers Payments to officials for services
Embezzlement correct answers Stealing public Money
Kickbacks correct answers Commissions to public officials on government contracts
Extortion correct answers Blackmailing using official power
Quid Pro Quo correct answers Exchange for favors of elected officials
Favortism correct answers Hiring or promoting based on favorites
Nepotism correct answers Hiring or promoting based on family ties
Bundling correct answers Patron client structure where one person is sent out to raise money and
give all the checks to a campaign in a bundle
Public Office in Corruption correct answers Provides a clear definition, may leave out some
Public Interest in Corruption correct answers Includes Corruption by non officials can be
subjective
Public opinion in Corruption correct answers Ties Corruption clearly to legitimacy but hardest to
define
Parochial Corruption correct answers Explanations lie in traditional cultural values
Extractive Corruption correct answers Explanations lie in nature of incentives: Universal human
greed plus weak institutions
Weak State correct answers A government that is unable to police bad behavior
Greedy State correct answers A government that tries to control too much; Produces corruption
Undermining Public Trust correct answers Harmful to the Public
Violating Public Office in some way correct answers Selfish reasons/private gain
Violating public opinion correct answers Behavior that violates moral standards of society
The statement that "Even if you've never seen a black swan the next one could be black" shows
the limits of correct answers Inductive Reasoning
, Schattschneider argues that the basis of all politics is conflict correct answers True
According to Schattsneider when you increase the number of people in a conflict it will have no
effect on who wins. correct answers False
According to King, Keohane, and Verba the difference between qualitative and quantitative
traditions, political scientist are only stylistic. correct answers True
According to Shively, historical explanation is basically describing a sequence of events correct
answers False
according to Shively tribal explanations are explanations of unimportant facts correct answers
False
According to Duverger: There is really one kind of politics - the struggle for power between rich
and poor correct answers Fasle - Horizontal politics and Vertical politics
Politics is best understood as: correct answers Exercise of power
Group Decisions
Binding Decisions
Cooperation and Rivalry
Schaftschneider says the "displacement of conflicts" refers to the replacements of conflict with
consensus correct answers False
According to Shively power always involve the use of coercion correct answers False
Duverger uses the term horizontal conflict to refer to conflicts between countries correct answers
False
According to Shively, A public good is available to anyone who is willing to pay for it. correct
answers False - it is a good that is available to everyone who can pay for it.
According to Shively, if the term was used very precisely a nation-state would be a society
whose political and cultural boundaries matched perfectly. The society would be culturally
homogenous. correct answers True
Christopher Clapham defines a patron client relationship as one based on equal exchange of
benefits between patron and clients. correct answers False - It is based on unequal exchange of
beliefs.
The main difference between Malasian Big Men and polynesian Chiefs is that big men are bigger
in size and chiefs aren't. correct answers False
Public Good correct answers A good that is available for everyone
