Chapter 04

Instructions

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Question 1

Which one of the following best defines 'ideology'?

a) An idealistic set of beliefs held by political actors

b) A doctrine which dictates action by political actors for their own gain

c) A prescriptive vision of society shared by political actors

d) A coherent set of ideas employed to interpreting the world and guide action by political actors

Question 2

The ideas of the Fabian Society are associated with which ideology?

a) Conservative ideology

b) Liberal ideology

c) Socialist ideology

d) Marxist ideology

Question 3

A Tory or 'One Nation' Conservative is distinguished from a neo-liberal Conservative in which of the following ways?

a) A 'One Nation' conservative is more patriotic than a neo-liberal

b) A 'One Nation' conservative is more hostile to trade unions than a neo-liberal

c) A 'One Nation' conservative is more likely to accept regulation of the market than a neo-liberal

d) A 'One Nation' conservative is more likely to be Eurosceptic than a neo-liberal

Question 4

The 'Third Way' is associated with which of the following?

a) Anthony Eden

b) John F. Kennedy

c) Roy Hattersley

d) Bill Clinton

Question 5

Hayek and Friedman are associated with which of the following ideas?

a) State management is more efficient than unregulated capitalism

b) Stakeholding

c) Individuals are socially interdependent and require protection from the state

d) Inflation is a monetary phenomenon

Question 6

T.H. Green and J.A. Hobson are associated with which of the following ideas?

a) The 'end of ideology'

b) State action to extend individual freedom and capabilities

c) A limited role for government, confined to essential services

d) Males dominate public life and this bias is reflected in public policies

Question 7

A left-wing member of the Labour Party is most likely to support which combination of beliefs?

a) Retention of nuclear weapons and a commitment to diverse organisational forms of public services

b) A commitment to Labour appealing beyond its core vote and to universalist public services

c) A commitment to public ownership and wariness of the 'special relationship'

d) Public services which are free for users but which are diverse in their organisational forms

Question 8

John Maynard Keynes believed which of the following?

a) Economic forces have primacy over any role of ideas in politics

b) Politicians are pragmatists and not ideologues

c) Ideas have enormous independent significance in politics

d) Ideas need to be taken up by an organisation such as a think-tank to be implemented

Question 9

Which one of the following statements most accurately describes characteristics of 'Militant Tendency'?

a) A group of MPs on the right of the party who sought to abandon Labour's commitments to unilateralism and nationalisation

b) A Trotskyite group within the Labour Party which was prepared to use non-parliamentary action to create socialism

c) An alliance between left-wing Labour MPs and trade unionists which sought to prevent the dilution of the party's socialist objectives

d) An influential think-tank on the left in the 1980s which advocated a coalition of progressive forces against Thatcherism

Question 10

Which of the following organisations were involved in the creation of the Labour Party?

a) The Co-operative movement

b) The Trade Unions

c) Socialist societies

d) All of the above

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Chapter 04

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