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Use these questions both to test your detailed knowledge of each chapter. Make a note of your answers and then consult the answers page on this website. If you score less than 12 correct answers for any chapter, you probably need to spend more time re-reading and revising its contents.
CHAPTER 24: Understanding the British State
1. Since the mid 1960s:
a) Great changes have taken place in political participation
b) No change has taken place in political participation
c) Minor changes have taken place in political participation
2. Since the mid 1960s:
a) The constitution has been increasingly codified
b) The constitution has become less codified
c) There has been no change in the amount of constitutional codification
3. The 'network state' refers to:
a) The increasing reliance on computer networks by the state
b) The development of linked networks in systems of governance
c) The development of networks of political allies
4. Rhodes argues that policy fiascos arise from:
a) The failure to use Weberian bureaucracy in government
b) The failure to adapt administration to the demands of governance
c) The failure to conduct sufficiently rigorous research before making policy decisions
5. Self-regulation in the City of London has:
a) Grown more important in recent years
b) Not changed in importance in recent years
c) Become less important in recent years
6. State electronic surveillance of citizens is:
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c) Not showing any marked change over time
7. According to Osborne and Gaebler, the regulatory state:
a) Steers rather than rows
b) Rows than steers
c) Both steers and rows
8. The 'Great Helmsman' was:
a) Mao Zedong
b) Edward Heath
c) John Major
9. 'Subsidiarity' is the doctrine that:
a) Lower levels of government should be subordinate to higher levels
b) Responsibility should be devolved to the lowest possible level of any system of government
c) Central government should financially subsidise local government
10. According to Gamble, a free market requires:
a) A weak state
b) A decentralised state
c) A strong state
11. Since 1990 the British government has fought against Iraq in:
a) Two wars
b) Three wars
c) One war
12. Since the 1970s police harassment of gay people has:
a) Grown
b) Remained about the same
c) Diminished
13. Since the 1980s police coercion in Northern Ireland has:
a) Grown
b) Remained about the same
c) Diminished
14. Since the 1980s the British economy has:
a) Grown stronger
b) Grown weaker
c) Not changed its condition
15. The dominant personality in British politics for the last quarter of the 20th century was:
a) Winston Churchill
b) Tony Blair
c) Margaret Thatcher
