Deck 1: Political Sociology Key Concepts and Thinkers

Question 1

'Das Capital' is written by -

A)Max Weber
B)Karl Marx
C)Lipset
D)Alexis de Tocqueville

Answer 1

Karl Marx

Question 2

Political Sociology is the study of the interrelation between

A)Society & Culture
B)Power & Politics
C)Politics & Society
D)Culture & Politics.

Answer 2

Politics & Society

Question 3

Which theory of Marx laid the foundation for the sociology of politics?

A)Economic determinism
B)Surplus Value
C)Alienation
D)Positivism

Answer 3

Economic determinism

Question 4

Political Sociology as a distinct subject emerged in the

A)1920s
B)1980s
C)1990s
D)1950s

Question 5

According to Weber, in the modern western societies the bases of political authority is

A)rational-legal authority
B)traditional authority
C)charismatic authority
D)symbolic authority

Question 6

Political Sociology studies power, authority and legitimacy of state in relation to -

A)Social relation
B)Economic relation
C)Political relation
D)Physical relation

Question 7

American Political Science Association was founded in

A)1891
B)1930
C)1903
D)1940

Question 8

Political Sociology tries to explore how various social forces work together to change

A)Social institutions
B)Political policies
C)Values
D)Social structures

Question 9

Who among the following is regarded as the father of Political Sociology?

A)Max Weber
B)Auguste Comte
C)Herbert Spencer
D)Immanuel Kant

Question 10

Who brought into focus issues concerning the nature of political power and its relationship with social or economic organisation?

A)MacIver
B)Emile Durkheim
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Karl Marx

Question 11

Political Sociology focuses attention of the relationship between

A)Party & Politics
B)State & Society
C)Culture & Values
D)Power & Politics

Question 12

Political Sociology is 'The study of political behaviour within a sociological perspective
Of framework' is a definition given by

A)Robert E Dowse & John Hughes
B)Michael Rush & Phillip Althoff
C)R Bendix
D)Keith Faulks

Question 13

Max Weber examined the entrepreneurial drives of individuals in capitalist economies in-

A)Economy and Society
B)Communist Manifesto
C)The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism
D)Das Capital

Question 14

Modes of Production create social groups called -

A)Serfs
B)Castes
C)Estate
D)Classes

Question 15

'Democracy in America' was written by

A)Alexis de Tocquiville
B)Auguste Comte
C)Pierre Bourdieu
D)C. Wright Mills

Question 16

Which of the following is not Weber's authority?

A)Traditional authority
B)Charismatic authority
C)Rational- legal authority
D)Political authority

Question 17

The following Authority is based on loyalty to the sacred attribute, heroic force or
Commendable character

A)Rational-legal authority
B)Traditional authority
C)Charismatic authority
D)Political authority

Question 18

The idea of political legitimacy is associated with

A)Karl Marx
B)Max Weber
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Davis and Moore

Question 19

Which of the following is not an example of 'traditional authority'?

A)Feudalism
B)Rule by elders
C)Patriarchy
D)Magistrate

Question 20

Which of the following is not within the scope of Political Sociology?

A)Voting behaviour
B)Problem of Untouchability
C)Political decision making
D)Problem of bureaucracy

Question 21

The breakdown of traditional society and the emergence of modern society in Europe
Exposed for the first time the difference between

A)State & society
B)State & Nation
C)Society & Community
D)Norms & Values

Question 22

'A contribution to the critique of Political Economy' is by

A)Dahrendorf
B)Georg Simmel
C)Garfinkel
D)Karl Marx

Question 23

'An administrative body of appointed officials'-

A)Capitalist
B)Serfs
C)Bureaucracy
D)Feudal lords