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Bourdieu was also influenced by

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Emile Durkheim

Wittgenstein

Max Weber

All of the above

Modern Political though begins with

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Machiavelli

Montesquieu

Mill

None of these

What is Antonio Gramsci's view of power?

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It comes out of a barrel of a gun

It is a mixture of coercion and consent

it is purely economic

All of above

Samuel P. huntington wrote a 1993 essay, "The Clash of Civilizations", in direct response to

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America at the Crossroads

The End of History

The Origins of Political Order

Political Order and Political Decay

Equality, according to John Rawls, is an operational concept tied to his procedural theory of justice. Which of the following statements correctly describe(s) Rawls' position on inequality?

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Inequality is the cause of instability and revolution, and therefore unacceptable in the long run

Inequality is the sole cause of human misery, moral degradation and corruption, and should be abolished.

Inequality is justified if it leads to the elevation of the worst off in society

None of these

Hegemony was a term previously used by Marxists such as

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Louis Althusser

David Easton

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

None of these

Gramsci was one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the 20th century, and a particularly key thinker in the development of

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Academic Marxism

Western Marxism

Orthodox Marxism

None of these

Karl Marx is known for his theory of

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Dialectical Spiritualism

Force as the Basis of State

Materialistic Interpretation of history

None of these

According to Foucault:

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Discourses constitute authority and knowledge

Discourses are irrelevant

Discourses constitute authority and knowledge and post-structuralists use the term discourses to mean that the link between knowledge and power is mutually constitutive

'The state' is the most important element in international politics

according to john Locke the worst form of Government is:

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Monarchy

Aristocracy

Democracy

None of these

Which of the following are elements of Marxism?

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Concept of surplus value

Dialectical Materialism

Doctrine of class struggle

None of these

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