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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
Politics: Setting the Stage

True or False



1

Determining whether or not an act is political is based upon the boundaries of the group being examined.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Implicit power is based upon an observable action by one person that gets another person to do what the first wants done.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Shively believes that the public choice approach to the study of the making of collective decisions is always wrong.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

"Politics" deals solely with the actions of states.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

"Interprevist" political scientists tend to model themselves after historians.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Power is difficult to analyze because it is so varied and complex a concept.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Lukes' "third face of power" approach requires the analyst to play god, deciding what are the true interests of people, whether they realize them or not.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE








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