Political Science Answers

According to Matlosa (2017, prescribed e-reserve article), Zambia is classified as an electoral 

democracy regime because:

1. It is a totalitarian civilian-authority-led state with largely pre-determined election results.

2. The ruling party enjoys overwhelming majority support in multiparty elections.

3. State-facilitated democratic participation does not extend beyond the holding of regular

multiparty elections.

4. Both 2 and 3.

QUESTION 5

According to de Jager and Sebudbudu (2017, prescribed e-reserve article) traditional Tswana

values of reverence and submissiveness to authority have given way to a democracy

characterised by:

1. Strong presidency

2. Weak opposition parties and parliament

3. Weak civil society

4. All the above

Within Matlosa’s (2017, prescribed e-reserve article) framework, a social democracy may also

be called a:

1. façade democracy

2. procedural democracy

3. consociational democracy

4. liberal democracy

5. developmental democracy

UNIP, the party which formed the first post-colonial government of Zambia, was created from th

e merger of which two Zambian political organisations (study guide)? 

1. AMU and NRANC 

2. ZANC and ANIP

3. NRANC and UNFP

4. ANIP and UNFP

QUESTION 2

Within Matlosa’s (2017, prescribed e-reserve article) framework, an electoral democracy may

also be called a:

1. façade democracy

2. procedural democracy

3. consociational democracy

4. liberal democracy

5. developmental democracy

Which one of the following people was not a leading protagonist of the concept state

1. Henry Gantt

2. Thomas Hobbes

3. Leonard

White

4. Paul Appleby

Critically engage the view that nations are modern constructs linked to processes such

as industrialisation, capitalism and colonialism?

Explain the link between terrorism and radicalization and mass violence

To which classical political philosopher is the following idea attributed? Indicate the correct 

option. 

“The purpose of a state is to establish a virtuous life enabling each citizen to maximise their 

individual potentials by freely exercising their particular skillset and knowledge which is different 

and necessary to the effective functioning of the entire community, but independent of their 

subjective opinions and feelings”. 

1. Plato 

2. St Augustine 

3. Aristotle 

4. St Thomas Aquinas 

Indicate whether the following statement is True or False. 

Marx adheres to a metaphysical rather than a historical interpretation of the origin of the state. 

1. True 

2. False 

Which statement represents a characteristic of postmodernism? Indicate the correct 

option. 

1. It validates the positivist arguments of Western culture and science. 

2. History reflects progress in terms of moral development illustrating the successes of western

society in achieving social justice for oppressed people and searching for the truth. 

3. Humans are essentially different and there is a social and moral hierarchy in society that 

must be followed. 

4. It challenges western cultural imperatives and moral conventions of modernity that have 

worsened rather than ameliorated the suffering of marginalised groups including blacks, 

women and homosexuals. 

To which philosopher can the following political idea be attributed? Indicate the correct 

option. 

Power is an end in itself and the modern state should concern itself with the acquisition and 

expansion of power through any means including force and deception. 

1. Karl Marx 

2. Niccolo Machiavelli 

3. Thomas Hobbes 

4. John Locke