Who is often referred to as the “father of the Constitution”?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Alexander Hamilton
d) James Madison
Answer: d) James Madison
Which political scientist wrote the influential book “The End of History and the Last Man?
a) Samuel P. Huntington
b) Francis Fukuyama
c) John Rawls
d) Noam Chomsky
Answer: b) Francis Fukuyama
Who developed the concept of “soft power” in international relations?
a) Joseph Nye
b) Henry Kissinger
c) Zbigniew Brzezinski
d) Robert Keohane
Answer: a) Joseph Nye
Which political scientist coined the term “iron triangle” to describe the relationship between interest groups, bureaucrats, and legislators?
a) David Easton
b) Robert Dahl
c) Theodore Lowi
d) William Riker
Answer: b) Robert Dahl
Who is known for his work on “The Tragedy of the Commons”?
a) Albert O. Hirschman
b) Garrett Hardin
c) Albert Wohlstetter
d) Seymour Martin Lipset
Answer: b) Garrett Hardin
Which political scientist wrote the book “The Power Elite”?
a) C. Wright Mills
b) Herbert Marcuse
c) Hannah Arendt
d) Murray Bookchin
Answer: a) C. Wright Mills
Who developed the theory of “pluralism” in political science?
a) Robert Michels
b) E. E. Schattschneider
c) V. O. Key
d) Robert A. Dahl
Answer: d) Robert A. Dahl
Which political scientist is known for his “stages of economic growth” theory?
a) Albert Hirschman
b) Alexander Gerschenkron
c) Seymour Martin Lipset
d) Walt Rostow
Answer: d) Walt Rostow
Who wrote the influential work “The Souls of Black Folk” that discussed the “color line” in America?
a) Booker T. Washington
b) Langston Hughes
c) W. E. B. Du Bois
d) Marcus Garvey
Answer: c) W. E. B. Du Bois
Which political scientist introduced the concept of “neoliberalism”?
a) Karl Marx
b) Friedrich Hayek
c) John Maynard Keynes
d) Milton Friedman
Answer: b) Friedrich Hayek
Who wrote “The Feminine Mystique” and is often credited with sparking the second wave of feminism?
a) Betty Friedan
b) Gloria Steinem
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Alice Paul
Answer: a) Betty Friedan
Which political scientist introduced the concept of “bounded rationality”?
a) John Stuart Mill
b) Herbert Simon
c) Kenneth Arrow
d) Ronald Coase
Answer: b) Herbert Simon
Who is known for his work on “The Logic of Collective Action” and the concept of “public goods?
a) Elinor Ostrom
b) Mancur Olson
c) Amartya Sen
d) Albert O. Hirschman
Answer: b) Mancur Olson
Which political scientist developed the concept of “social capital”?
a) Robert Putnam
b) James Q. Wilson
c) Charles Lindblom
d) Harold Lasswell
Answer: a) Robert Putnam
Who is known for his “theory of justice” and the concept of the “original position”?
a) John Rawls
b) Robert Nozick
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Answer: a) John Rawls
Which political scientist wrote “The Nature of the Judicial Process” and is considered a pioneer in the field of judicial behavior?
a) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
b) Roscoe Pound
c) Felix Frankfurter
d) Benjamin N. Cardozo
Answer: d) Benjamin N. Cardozo
Who introduced the concept of “realism” in international relations theory?
a) Joseph Nye
b) Hans Morgenthau
c) Kenneth Waltz
d) Immanuel Kant
Answer: b) Hans Morgenthau
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Idea of a Party System” and the concept of “critical elections”?
a) V. O. Key
b) E. E. Schattschneider
c) Seymour Martin Lipset
d) Robert A. Dahl
Answer: a) V. O. Key
Who co-authored the influential book “Presidential Power” along with Richard Neustadt?
a) Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
b) Theodore White
c) Walter Lippmann
d) George Gallup
Answer: a) Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Which political scientist introduced the concept of “manufacturing consent” in the media?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) Herbert Marcuse
c) Michel Foucault
d) Edward Said
Answer: a) Noam Chomsky
Who developed the theory of “representative bureaucracy”?
a) Frederick W. Taylor
b) Max Weber
c) B. F. Skinner
d) James Q. Wilson
Answer: b) Max Weber
Which political scientist is known for his “rational choice theory”?
a) Robert Dahl
b) Anthony Downs
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) Hannah Arendt
Answer: b) Anthony Downs
Who wrote “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” and introduced the concept of “paradigm shifts”?
a) Max Weber
b) Karl Marx
c) Thomas Kuhn
d) Friedrich Hayek
Answer: c) Thomas Kuhn
Which political scientist is known for his “communication model” and the study of political symbols?
a) Harold Lasswell
b) David Easton
c) Robert Dahl
d) Karl Deutsch
Answer: a) Harold Lasswell
Who is considered one of the founders of the field of public administration and wrote “Politics and Administration”?
a) Dwight Waldo
b) Woodrow Wilson
c) Herbert Simon
d) Michael Lipsky
Answer: b) Woodrow Wilson
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Semisovereign People” and the concept of “policy mood”?
a) Robert Dahl
b) E. E. Schattschneider
c) V. O. Key
d) David R. Mayhew
Answer: d) David R. Mayhew
Who introduced the concept of “regime type” in the study of comparative politics?
a) Samuel P. Huntington
b) Juan Linz
c) Larry Diamond
d) Seymour Martin Lipset
Answer: a) Samuel P. Huntington
Which political scientist wrote “The Human Condition” and discussed the concepts of power and authority?
a) Hannah Arendt
b) Simone de Beauvoir
c) Audre Lorde
d) Angela Davis
Answer: a) Hannah Arendt
Who developed the “Two-Step Flow Theory” of communication and its influence on public opinion?
a) George Gallup
b) Harold Lasswell
c) Paul Lazarsfeld
d) David Easton
Answer: c) Paul Lazarsfeld
Which political scientist is known for his work on “Policy Streams and Windows” and the concept of “policy entrepreneurs”?
a) John Kingdon
b) Robert Axelrod
c) James Q. Wilson
d) Anthony Downs
Answer: a) John Kingdon
Who introduced the concept of “third face of power” in his work on the “Power Elite”?
a) Robert Dahl
b) C. Wright Mills
c) Max Weber
d) Elinor Ostrom
Answer: b) C. Wright Mills
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Concept of the Political” and the theory of “the friend-enemy distinction”?
a) Carl Schmitt
b) Michel Foucault
c) Jacques Derrida
d) Slavoj Žižek
Answer: a) Carl Schmitt
Who is known for his “interdependence theory” and his work on international political economy?
a) Kenneth Waltz
b) Robert Keohane
c) Alexander Wendt
d) Stephen Walt
Answer: b) Robert Keohane
Which political scientist is known for his “dominant party systems” theory in comparative politics?
a) Giovanni Sartori
b) Juan Linz
c) Larry Diamond
d) Seymour Martin Lipset
Answer: a) Giovanni Sartori
Who introduced the concept of “transactional leadership” and “transformational leadership” in organizational behavior?
a) James MacGregor Burns
b) Robert K. Merton
c) Charles Lindblom
d) Aaron Wildavsky
Answer: a) James MacGregor Burns
Which political scientist developed the “modernization theory” in relation to development studies?
a) Walt Rostow
b) Amartya Sen
c) Albert Hirschman
d) Joseph Stiglitz
Answer: a) Walt Rostow
Who wrote “The Irony of American History” and discussed the tensions between Christian ethics and political power?
a) Reinhold Niebuhr
b) John Dewey
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Cornel West
Answer: a) Reinhold Niebuhr
Which political scientist is known for his “ecological approach” to the study of politics and society?
a) Harold Lasswell
b) David Easton
c) Karl Deutsch
d) Robert Dahl
Answer: c) Karl Deutsch
Who introduced the concept of “banal nationalism” and the idea that nationalism is present in everyday life?
a) Benedict Anderson
b) Eric Hobsbawm
c) Anthony Giddens
d) Immanuel Wallerstein
Answer: a) Benedict Anderson
Which political scientist is known for his “civic culture” theory in comparative politics?
a) Seymour Martin Lipset
b) Gabriel Almond
c) V. O. Key
d) Robert Dahl
Answer: a) Seymour Martin Lipset
Who developed the concept of “positive liberty” and wrote “Two Concepts of Liberty”?
a) John Stuart Mill
b) Isaiah Berlin
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Answer: b) Isaiah Berlin
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Good Society” and the concept of “policy paradox”?
a) John Kingdon
b) Aaron Wildavsky
c) Charles Lindblom
d) Theodore J. Lowi
Answer: d) Theodore J. Lowi
Who introduced the concept of “principled negotiation” in conflict resolution?
a) Herbert Simon
b) Robert Axelrod
c) Roger Fisher
d) Kenneth Arrow
Answer: c) Roger Fisher
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Power of the Powerless” and the idea of “dissident politics”?
a) Karl Popper
b) Jan Patočka
c) Milan Kundera
d) Václav Havel
Answer: d) Václav Havel
Who is known for his “resource mobilization theory” in social movements and political activism?
a) Charles Tilly
b) Herbert Simon
c) Anthony Giddens
d) Immanuel Wallerstein
Answer: a) Charles Tilly
Which political scientist developed the concept of “hegemonic stability theory” in international relations?
a) Robert Keohane
b) Kenneth Waltz
c) Robert Gilpin
d) John Mearsheimer
Answer: c) Robert Gilpin
Who introduced the concept of “radical pluralism” in his work on the “Anarchist’s Handbook”?
a) Emma Goldman
b) Noam Chomsky
c) Murray Bookchin
d) Howard Zinn
Answer: c) Murray Bookchin
Which political scientist is known for his “strategic culture” theory in the study of international relations?
a) Samuel P. Huntington
b) Alexander Wendt
c) Stephen Walt
d) Jack Snyder
Answer: d) Jack Snyder
Who introduced the concept of “self-fulfilling prophecy” in sociology and social psychology?
a) Robert K. Merton
b) Erving Goffman
c) Charles Cooley
d) George Herbert Mead
Answer: a) Robert K. Merton
Which political scientist is known for his work on “The Ruling Elite” and the concept of “social closure”?
a) C. Wright Mills
b) Herbert Marcuse
c) Herbert Simon
d) Karl Marx
Answer: a) C. Wright Mills
