Question 1

To counter the threat of socio-economic and cultural cleavages, states have undertaken two strategies to generate a sense of communality since the middle of the 19th century: Citizenship and ?__________ .

Accepted Answer

Question 2

Which of the following answers is correct?

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A)   State-building can proceed nation-building or nation-building can proceed state-building.
B)   State-building always precedes nation-building.
C)   Nation-building always precedes state-building.
D)   State-building and nation-building are largely independent from each other.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

What are central aspects of the rationalization of rule? Please select all that apply.

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A)   The building up of bureaucracies.
B)   Implementation of functionaries.
C)   Financing through taxation.
D)   The building up of state infrastructure.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B) A,B,C

Question 4

Citizenship is characterized by three elements. The order of their appearance was: 1.) Civil rights, 2.) Political rights, 3.)___________

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Social rights

Question 5

Do nations create states or vice versa?

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A)   Nations create states.
B)   States create nations.
C)   State and nation building are largely independent.
D)   It can be both.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

What is the phenomenon underlying 'Wagner's Law'?

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A)   Government spending rises faster than the growth of the national economy.
B)   A rising share of social welfare spending of total government spending.
C)   The gradual elimination of voting restrictions in democratizing nation-states.
D)   State expansion is fostered by the ambition of the incumbent party to stay in power.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Among the traditional features of a state, what is meant by 'plurality'?

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A)   Sovereignty presupposes the sovereignty of others.
B)   The population in a nation-state is hardly ever homogenous.
C)   The gradual elimination of voting restrictions in democratizing nation-states.
D)   The emerging diversity of constitutional rights.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

What does Poggi call 'civilianization' of the state?

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A)   An increase of the potential for violence accompanied by a decrease in the actual exercise of violence.
B)   The strategy to counter state-bureaucracy by methods of New Public Management.
C)   The process of the extension of civil rights and increased protection from state violence.
D)   The social construction of a collective identity.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Poggi differentiates three phases of state-formation: 1.) Consolidation of rule, 2.) Expansion of rule, 3.)_________

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Rationaliz...

Question 10

Whats the following phenomena to the respective phase of state-formation:

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a. Territorial expansion = Consolidation of rule
b. Centralization = Rationalisation of rule
c. Redistribution = Expansion of rule
d. Globalization = Not a phase of state formation

Exam 4: The Nation-State

To counter the threat of socio-economic and cultural cleavages, states have undertaken two strategies to generate a sense of communality since the middle of the 19^th century: Citizenship and ?__________ .

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Which of the following answers is correct?

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What are central aspects of the rationalization of rule? Please select all that apply.

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A,B,C

Citizenship is characterized by three elements. The order of their appearance was: 1.) Civil rights, 2.) Political rights, 3.)___________

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Social rights

Do nations create states or vice versa?

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What is the phenomenon underlying 'Wagner's Law'?

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Among the traditional features of a state, what is meant by 'plurality'?

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What does Poggi call 'civilianization' of the state?

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Poggi differentiates three phases of state-formation: 1.) Consolidation of rule, 2.) Expansion of rule, 3.)_________

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Rationaliz...
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Whats the following phenomena to the respective phase of state-formation:

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a. Territorial expansion = Consolidation of rule b. Centralization = Rationalisation of rule c. Redistribution = Expansion of rule d. Globalization = Not a phase of state formation

Exam 4: The Nation-State

To counter the threat of socio-economic and cultural cleavages, states have undertaken two strategies to generate a sense of communality since the middle of the 19th century: Citizenship and ?__________ .

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Which of the following answers is correct?

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What are central aspects of the rationalization of rule? Please select all that apply.

Correct AnswerverifiedA,B,C

Citizenship is characterized by three elements. The order of their appearance was: 1.) Civil rights, 2.) Political rights, 3.)___________

Correct AnswerverifiedSocial rights

Do nations create states or vice versa?

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What is the phenomenon underlying 'Wagner's Law'?

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Among the traditional features of a state, what is meant by 'plurality'?

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What does Poggi call 'civilianization' of the state?

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Poggi differentiates three phases of state-formation: 1.) Consolidation of rule, 2.) Expansion of rule, 3.)_________

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Whats the following phenomena to the respective phase of state-formation:

Correct Answerverifieda. Territorial expansion = Consolidation of rule b. Centralization = Rationalisation of rule c. Redistribution = Expansion of rule d. Globalization = Not a phase of state formation

To counter the threat of socio-economic and cultural cleavages, states have undertaken two strategies to generate a sense of communality since the middle of the 19^th century: Citizenship and ?__________ .

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A,B,C

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Social rights

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Rationaliz...
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a. Territorial expansion = Consolidation of rule b. Centralization = Rationalisation of rule c. Redistribution = Expansion of rule d. Globalization = Not a phase of state formation