Deneme Sınavı Soruları

Who wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, published in 1962, shows that, because of the implicit characteristics of their objects, the social sciences struggle to identify with the single paradigm of a shared global vision of the scientific community’s disciplinary matrix?

What is the aim of the “political development” orientation in the context of the behaviouralist revolution and the consequent affirmation of the functionalist perspective and the systemic paradigm?

Which of the following change occurred as a result of the transition from party of notables to mass party?

Which of the following theorists is linked to structural functionalism in political science?

All of the following are traits of exclusionary populism EXCEPT

All of the following are characteristics of neoliberal populist parties EXCEPT

Which of the following theorist aims to identify some rules that can describe and predict the behaviour of citizens and government elites in a democratic context?

This perspective sees political institutions as the super-structural concretization of a system of social contradictions, occurring primarily in the sphere of production relations. Which of the following explanations of the modern state is defined here?

I. It is the place of decision-making within a dialectical relationship with governments.

II. Its role varies with its autonomy from the government. 

III. It assumes a propulsive power.

Which of the following is defined here?

According to “public choice” approach, which of the following does the ruling party do to increase their votes?

1. make random use of goods and resources
2. maximize the role of public institutions
3. increase public spending in favour of some citizens
4. take the risk of growing the public debt

According to Kircheimer, which of the following will mass parties do in the future to reach maximum votes?

1. they will abandon moral formations of the masses
2. they will strengthen the role of the leadership
3. they will weaken the role of the membership
4. they will no longer be bound by their ideology

I. Distributive

II. Redistributive

III. Regulatory

IV. Constitutive

Which of the above is/are the features of typology proposed by Theodore Lowi that distinguishes policies?

Which of the following are true for functionalism and systems theory?

1. They adopt a holistic perspective; everything is considered as more relevant than its parts.
2. The emphasis is on the actions’ consequences rather than the causes (motivations, desires, socialisation).
3. The objective dimension linked to the functional organisation of the system predominates over the subjective dimension represented by the perceptions and behaviour of individual actors.

I. The decision-making process is stripped of its political character.

II. Politicians are less responsible for the choices that influence the regulation of society.

III. Economic and cultural processes acquire the features of necessity or inevitability.

Which of the following concepts is depicted here?

Which of the following assumes the actor and his goals are independent of social forces?

I. Deconstruction

II. Depersonalization

III. Formalization

IV. Integration

Which of the above is/are among the aspects of the phenomenon of 'institutionalization of power'?

What is the main idea of the LIGA (or AGIL) scheme of Talcott Parson’s systemic approach?