POLİTİKA BİLİMİ - Deneme Sınavı - 4

In a Federal System of Government,
power is shared between a powerful central government and states/ provinces. So the suggestion of A can not be said about federal state.

The correct answer is E. Because the other suggestions are the characteristics of  parliamentary system of government.

In a theocracy god or a deity is recognized as the
immediate ruler of the state. THe priests in such a
state are required to implement God’s law drawn
from the statute book of the kingdom.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain (England,
Scotland, Wales, and the Northern Ireland) is a
parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The correct answer is A.

France is a semi-presidential republic. It is made
up of 18 regions. The correct answer is A.

Dictatorship describes a form of government
where political power is concentrated in the hands of a single entity and exercised through a diversity
of mechanisms which ensure that the entity’s power remains absolute.

The projection of power overseas is often
critical in terms of strategy. Dwight Eisenhower
oered a famous dictum based on the premise
that power is meaningful only when it is used.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT), signed in 1947, “was an international
agreement that promoted international trade and
the reduction of trade barriers among member
states from 1947-1994” (www.asil.org, 2017).
GATT became the World Trade Organization
(WTO) in 1995.

The North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) among the US, Canada,
and Mexico. The correct answer is E.

In modern times, sovereignty has acquired an additional meaning that now has legal standing. Influenced by the writings of political philosophers such as John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (see previous chapter for a full analysis of their writings), sovereignty is also interpreted as popular sovereignty, which means that ultimate authority lies with the people.

A nation is group of people of a common culture derived from a feeling of unity based on customs and beliefs

Only a few of the nearly 200 political states or nation states are uniform in language, culture, and descent. Usually, these are mini-states such as Monaco (French-speaking) and Lichtenstein (German-speaking)

At the other end of the spectrum is the desire of a nation-state to annex its fellow group members in other officially recognized states. The desire to unite all members of a group in one state is called irredentism

John Locke wrote that government exists to serve the people in their pursuit of life, liberty, and property (that latter was replaced by pursuit of happiness in the American Declaration of Independence).

Sovereignty can be defined as control over a territory.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau went even further in the refinement of this ideal of the arrangement between the rulers and the ruled that came to be known as social contract (social compact). He maintained that citizens had the right as sovereigns to create their own government.

A nation is group of people of a common culture derived from a feeling of unity based on customs and beliefs.

If a nation lacks treaty recognition but occupies a defined territory, it can be called a country.

The immigration of Indian migrants into Fiji challenged this island-nation’s indigenous culture that ultimately led to a military coup by native Fijians and the expulsion of large number of Indians.

The desire to unite all members of a group in one state is called irredentism (Fellman et al., 2007: 429-430).