Polit Science ex 1

1.

2.

Give the synonyms:
• idea, theory • basis –
• governance –
• all the people –
• particular –
• to solve, to settle -

3.

Complete the word-combinations:
• public …
• local …
• international relations
• content-…
• …. opinion
• Comparative …
• …. Dynamics
• … Ideology
• Law and …
• Conflict …
• ….Economy
• … Methodology

4.

Finish the sentences:
• Political science studies…
• Political Science has strong links with such
sciences as …
• The principal methods of research in Political
Science are …
• Political decisions are made by means of …

5.

Lecture 2 The State
Watch the video “The State” and answer the questions:
• Why is state the main object of research in Political Science?
• What characteristics describe the state?
• Why are the last two important?

6.

Sovereignty
• Read the KSSR Declaration on Sovereignty and find the
following information stated in the document:
• 1. The reason why KSSR declared sovereignty.
• 2. The basis of KSSR’s sovereignty in the USSR.
• 3. The main points of the Declaration.

7.

Read
the
article
“Sovereignty:
Introduction,
Classification & Theories and be ready to explain the
following things:
• The difference between the legal and the political
sovereignty.
• De jure and de facto sovereignty.
• Internal sovereignty. Location of internal sovereignty.
• External sovereignty. Limitations.

8.

What are the main theories of the origin of
state?

9.

• The Divine Right Theory
• The Patriarchal Theory
• The Matriarchal Theory
• The Force Theory
• The Social Contract Theory
• The Economic Theory
• The Marxist Theory

10.

Watch the video of Week 2 and explain the essence of
the Appropriability Theory.