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MODULE 2 -SUMMATIVE TEST 1

I. Multiple Choice: This activity enhances your prior understanding of the State in general.
__D___1. The term ‘state’ has been used to refer to a bewildering range of things except:
A. a collection of institutions,
B. a territorial unit, a philosophical idea,
C. an instrument of coercion or oppression,
D. an avenue for conflicted
CHOICES: Items 2-5
Perspectives in understanding the state
A. Idealist
B. Functionalist
C. Organizational
D. International
E. Regional
F. Realist
___A__2. The approach to the state is most clearly reflected in the writings of G. W. F. Hegel on
the ‘moments’ of social existence: the family, civil society and the state.
_____3. This approach to the state views it primarily as an actor on the world stage.
_____4. According to this approach, the central function of the state is invariably seen as the
maintenance of social order.
_____5. This view defines the state as the apparatus of government in its broadest sense.
CHOICES: Items 6-10
Key Features of the State
A. State is a territorial association
B. State is sovereign
C. State is an instrument of domination
D. State is public
E. State is an exercise of legitimation
F. State is an avenue for redress of grievances
_____6. The decisions of the state are usually accepted as binding on the members of society
because it promotes public interest, or for common good.
_____7. It exercises absolute and unrestricted power; in that it stands above all other
associations and groups in society.
_____8. Public bodies are responsible for making and enforcing collective decisions, while
private bodies, such as families, private businesses and trade unions, exist to satisfy individual
interests.
_____9. State authority is backed up by coercion where the state must have the capacity to
ensure that its laws are obeyed and that transgressors are punished.
_____10. The jurisdiction of the state is geographically defined, and it encompasses all those
who live within the state’s borders, whether they are citizens or non-citizens.
Identification: Rival Theories of the State
__________1. The theory advocated by Marxism.
__________2. This theory looks at the state as ‘a self-serving monster with intent on expansion
and aggrandizement and is associated with New Right.
__________3. The theory of the state which stems from the belief that the state acts as an
‘umpire’ or ‘referee’ in society.
__________4. This theory is behind the clamor for equal-pay legislation, the legalization of
abortion, the provision of child-care facilities, the extension of welfare benefits, and so on.
State Form: Evolution
__________5. Some examples of these states are the UK and the USA during the period of
early industrialization in the 19th century.
__________6. This kind of state is the ideal of classical liberals, whose aim is to ensure that
individuals enjoy the widest possible realm of freedom.
__________7. A state which brings the entirety of economic life under state control just like the
orthodox communist countries such as the USSR.
__________8. These states intervene with a view to bringing about broader social restructuring,
usually in accordance with principles such as fairness, equality and social justice.
__________9. The most extreme and extensive form of interventionism is found in these states.
__________10. This is characterized with the fundamentalist movements that eventually seized
control of the state and to use it as an instrument of moral and spiritual regeneration.
True/False
_____1. The decline of States is attributed with the rise of the global economy.
_____2. The pluralist theory traces its origin from the social contract theory.
_____3. John Locke asserts that without a state, individuals abuse, exploit and enslave one
another… ‘where there is no law there is no freedom’.
_____4. Marx developed a systematic or coherent theory of the state.
_____5. The Leviathan state is described as a parasitic growth that threatens both individual
liberty and economic security.
_____6. Liberal feminists do not believe that bias can, and will, be overcome by a process of
reform
_____7. Radical feminists argue that state power reflects a deeper structure of oppression in
the form of patriarchy.
_____8. There is profound disagreement about the exact role the state should play.
_____9. Under minimal states, economic, social, cultural, moral and other responsibilities
belong to the individual, and are therefore firmly part of civil society.
_____10. A developmental state is one that intervenes in economic life with the specific purpose
of promoting industrial growth and economic development just like the Philippines.
_____11. In countries such as Austria and Sweden, state intervention has been guided by both
developmental and social democratic priorities.
_____12. Accordingly, social-democratic state is the ideal of both modern liberals and
democratic socialists.
_____13. Collectivize states sought to abolish private enterprise to pave way for a centrally
planned economies administered by a network of economic ministries called ‘command
economies’
_____14. Under totalitarian rule, the state brings not only the economy, but also education,
culture, religion, family life and so on under direct state control.
_____15. The separation between the church and state holistically prevented the rise of
religious states.
II. Make a reaction paper in no less than 500 words
1. Will there be a total decline of the state in the future and a rise of a single-centralized
international governance to rule every nation of the world?

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