The realist perspective tends to define power as which of the following?

a. Material capabilities
b. The ability to ensure successful outcomes
c. Cooperative capabilities
d. The ability to persuade


a. Material capabilities

Political Science

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India and Pakistan's most recent conflict over the Kashmir region occurred in

A. 1993. B. 1994. C. 1991. D. 1999.

Political Science

When writing a report on field research, the report is typically organized in two different ways. What are they?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

Which of the following is a standard collective action problem that must be overcome for an interest group to promote or defend a shared interest?

a. there is a constitutional prohibition on unauthorized group activity. b. The inability to communicate on a large-scale basis because of the size of the country increases the coordination problems. c. Conformity costs are exceedingly low for such an activity, but the transaction costs of agreeing on goals can be quite high. d. Rational self-interest leads to universal free riding, which dooms the organization as well as the effort unless some way can be found around this difficulty.

Political Science

The approach that explains ethnic conflict by stressing the role of leaders who emphasize and exacerbate ethnic differences as a means to their own ends is known as ______.

a. primordialism b. constructivism c. instrumentalism d. realism

Political Science