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Hurd argues that legitimacy matters. Why?

a. Perceptions of legitimacy have little to no influence over state behavior.
b. States seen as legitimate can control the choices of other states.
c. Unlike other social systems, the international system possesses few social controls.
d. International institutions may have more influence if they are seen as legitimate.
e. It is an objective quality that significantly impacts state and international systems.

Question 2

According to Morgenthau, what differentiates the study of politics from other branches of learning?

a. Politics can be understood without reference to other fields of thought.
b. The lessons of political theory have no applicability to the lives of average persons.
c. The study of politics is the study of human beings because human nature is essentially political.
d. The unsavory truths revealed by a rational study of politics are difficult for most people to accept.
e. Politics incorporates the economic, the religious, and the moral as essential elements of its nature.