Chapter 04

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-c by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

The UK is one of the oldest nation states in history.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

What year did the UK join the EC?

a) 1963

b) 1967

c) 1973

Question 3

"Devolution" describes the process whereby power is devolved from Westminster/Whitehall to the peripheral nations and regions within the UK.

a) True

b) False

Question 4

Why is the Westminister Model threatened by the process of European integration?

a) Because European integration requires highly centralized political systems

b) Because European integration is only possible if every member initially agrees to form a customs union

c) Because European integration cedes authority away from the British state, thereby undermining the principle of national sovereignty

Question 5

When was Tony Blair elected to office?

a) 1997

b) 1998

c) 2000

Question 6

What was the size of the Labour majority during its second term of office?

a) 21

b) 75

c) 165

Question 7

Why has voter turnout been in decline in recent years?

a) A protest vote against the current level of political corruption

b) A reflection of the general level of popular satisfaction

c) Growing disenchantment with party politics

Question 8

What was the core economic goal during the post-war period of 'consensus politics'?

a) Low inflation

b) Tight monetary policy

c) Full employment

Question 9

Under Prime Minister Thatcher public utilities were privatized.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

What is de-politicisation?

a) The decline in voter turnout

b) The increasing use of direct-action protests as an alternative form of politics

c) The attempt by those in political power to take contentious issues beyond the realm of public debate

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Chapter 04

Instructions

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Question 10