Political Science Answers

Which one of the following options is not a characteristic of social capitalism?

1. 

Represents a form of ‘stakeholder capitalism’ that places a premium on building cooperative relations between the industrial, financial, labour and government sectors. 

2. 

Emphasis is placed on education and training to enhance craft skills.

3. 

Underpinned by welfare programmes providing vulnerable groups with social guarantees. 

4. 

Encourages consultation and dialogue amongst different economic actors that is highly effective in terms of promoting capital growth.

5. 

Attempts to marry the disciplines of market competition with the need for social cohesion and solidarity.

Complete the following statement by indicating the correct option.

A country in ________ phase is one in which all economic activities take place within the small-scale agricultural activities of families or groups of families.  

1. 

the pre-industrial

2. 

the post-colonial

3. 

the post-industrial

4. 

an industrial

5. 

the take-off

Identify the correct option. 

Which one of the following options are characteristics of a country that is economically underdeveloped?

1. 

High per capita incomes, low birth rates, low mortality rates and low inflation.

2. 

Low crime rates, high ratio of the number of medical professionals per 1000 people, high per capita incomes.

3. 

High frequency of social protests, low per capita GNP, high inflation, depreciation in currency value, high mortality rates.

4. 

Large portion of the population live above the poverty threshold, high-income inequality, low infant mortality rates.

5. 

High interest rates, low inflation, low infant mortality and high per capita GNP.

Identify the correct option. 

Which one of the following options are characteristics of a country that is economically underdeveloped?

1. 

High per capita incomes, low birth rates, low mortality rates and low inflation.

2. 

Low crime rates, high ratio of the number of medical professionals per 1000 people, high per capita incomes.

3. 

High frequency of social protests, low per capita GNP, high inflation, depreciation in currency value, high mortality rates.

4. 

Large portion of the population live above the poverty threshold, high-income inequality, low infant mortality rates.

5. 

High interest rates, low inflation, low infant mortality and high per capita GNP.

Which one of the following is not part of Rustow’s stages of economic growth?

1. 

High participation

2. 

Requirement of growth

3. 

Launching

4. 

Simplicity

5. 

Traditional community

Did Marxists attack political authority on the grounds that most people have no obligation to serve the state is the instrument of a dominant class

Identify FIVE (5) features of Plato’s Ideal State

Explain Aristotle’s SIX (6) constitutions in order of good and bad.

Explain THREE qualities that a Prince should possess, according to Machiavelli?

International agreements require that states sometimes sacrifices their domestic needs to honor their international responsibilities, discuss these using appropriate examples