The view that the state has emerged to protect the rights of a privileged few has been expressed by philosophers of which school of thought ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Government based on the rule of either the landed gentry the educated and privileged or the hereditary nobility is called_______________?

   A. aristocracy B. oligarchy C. republicanism D. democracy...

2. The privileged position of the modern industrial nations was attained because of_______________?

   A. a change in the economy from agrarian to industrial B. a change in the population distribution from rural to urban C. the discovery of natural resources D. both urbanization and industrialization...

3. The elitist school of thought asserts that______________?

   A. the elite is not always against the masses B. the elite always works against the public interest C. the elite displays a monolithic power structure D. the masses should rebel against the elite...

4. The school of thought that considers power to be brokered by various interest groups is called______________?

   A. pluralism B. power elitism C. absolute power D. authoritarianism...

5. The social sciences first emerged ?

   A. as a method of social control B. as a search for universal social laws C. to systematically apply common sense to issues D. to defend the established order...

6. Fascism first emerged ?

   A. in Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler B. in Italy under the leadership of Benito Mussolini C. in Argentina under Juan Peron D. In South Africa under apartheid...

7. Communism emerged as an ideology in reaction to conditions following____________?

   A. the French Revolution B. starvation in Ireland C. the Industrial Revolution D. the Protestant Reformation...

8. Nation states emerged in Europe in the historical period of______________?

   A. the Middle Ages B. the Renaissance C. the Hundred Years War D. the Protestant Reformation...

9. Political scientist Morgenthau and the realist school believe that foreign policy is based on_______________?

   A. morality B. rights of humanity C. exercise of power D. what is best for the people of a nation...

10. The realist school of international relations defines war and security as_____________?

    A. brinkmanship B. statecraft C. high politics D. low politics...