Joseph Schumpeter, Who Expanded on the Work of Max Weber

question 35

Multiple Choice

Joseph Schumpeter, who expanded on the work of Max Weber, argued that:

• A) democracy ensured that the will of the people trumped that of politicians.
• B) democracy is more important as a method of generating effective and responsible government than as a means of providing significant power for the majority.
• C) only through the separation of government into three branches-the legislative, the judicial, and the executive-can people be protected from tyrannical dictators.
• D) democracy was impossible to achieve until technological achievements rendered it possible.

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