Which characteristic/fact does not correspond to the Third Wave of Democratization?

Decolonization was an important process inside this period

Which of the following measures is NOT part of the New Public Management?

Competition within private entities and institutions

Which of the following setups would NOT make for the strongest parliament?

Member elected in large constituencies

What does the ‘Iron Law of Oligarchy’ apply to?

The organization of political parties becomes dominated by a ruling elite

In a country with a Weberian bureaucracy. Which features shouldn't be part of this country’s bureaucratic system?

Strong relation with politics and party-affiliation

Which one is the best solution to the problem of ‘too many variables, too few cases’ in comparative analysis?

MDSD (most dissimilar system design)

The higher the political office, the more likley the people of a higher social status will occupy this place. Example of

Participation gap or participation bias

The principle of limited government is associated to: (controversial, check the drive)

Presidential systems, Liberal democracy, Federal government

Which of the following best characterizes ‘party identification’?

Childhood is important in order to identify yourself with a party

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1
Elections are held under widespread allegations of the misuse of admin. rules to intimidate opposition politicians:
Hybrid regime
Authoritarian regime
Totalitarian regime
Flawed democracy
2
Which one is not an example of Huntington's First Wave of Democratization?
Scandinavian countries
Australia
Argentina
Greece
3
Arrangement in a multi-party parliam. syst. in which the 2 largest parties of opposing ideologies unite in a coalition
Coalition potential
Grand Coalition
Strong Coalition
Large Coalition
4
Which of the following is NOT a form of political rule according to Aristotle?
Meritocracy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
5
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6
A powerful figure provides protection to a number of low-status clients who offer their unqualified allegiance & support
Corruption
Clientelism
Patronage
7
Which characteristic/fact does not correspond to the Third Wave of Democratization?
Decolonization was an important process inside this period
Global in scope and in very large number of countries
EU and US become more encouraging of democratic transitions
It provided a inhospitable envrionment for non-democratic regimes
8
Which of the following measures is NOT part of the New Public Management?
Performance-based employment
Managerial method of adm. intro conduct of business in public sector
Competition within public sector
Competition within private entities and institutions
9
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10
Question: what would have happened had Britain won the US War of Independence. Describe this kind of reasoning.
Value bias
Surviorship bias
Counterfactual
Critical juncture
11
Which o the following is an example of global city
Milano
Prague
Moscow
Valencia
12
Which of the following does not characterize polarized multi-party systems?
No alternation of government
Non-decisive elections
Coalition of centre parties
Lack of extreme parties
13
Which of the following is NOT an element in the stages model of democratization?
Transition
Introduction
Liberalization
Deepening
14
When elites oblige people to take part in political rallies to express support for the regime it is:
Forced participation
Clientelism
Forced mobilization
Mobilized particiaption
15
Which of the following setups would NOT make for the strongest parliament?
Parliament lected independently of the executive
Symmetric bicameralism but not too large chambers
Member elected in large constituencies
Right to veto and initiate legislation
16
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17
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18
Opposition party majority in the legislature, president has to work with the prime minister and cabinet from that party
Coalition
Assimilation
Delegation
Cohabitation
19
What does the ‘Iron Law of Oligarchy’ apply to?
The organization of political parties becomes dominated by a ruling elite
All of them
The dominant party representes only the interest of the ruling elite
The organization of bureaucracy becomes dominated by a ruling elite
20
In a country with a Weberian bureaucracy. Which features shouldn't be part of this country’s bureaucratic system?
Impersonal application of rules
Hierarchichal organization with carefully defined division of tasks
Meritocracy
Strong relation with politics and party-affiliation
21
Which one is the best solution to the problem of ‘too many variables, too few cases’ in comparative analysis?
MDMD (most dissimar model design)
MDSD (most dissimilar system design)
MSSD (most similar system design)
MSMD (most similar model design)
22
Which of the following is NOT part of a cleavage?
Class
Religion
Gender
Race
23
Some elements of direct democracy can be found in modern representative dem. Which one is NOT a form of direct dem.?
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24
Which theory posits a strong positive relationship between high levels of economic development and democracy?
Democratic development theory
Socio-economic development theory
Theory of modernisation
Modern democracies development theory
25
Which of the following best describes a system of central authority that derives its authority from sovereign states?
Federal states
Sub-federation
Confederation
Federation
26
Country where the head of the state is a monarch with limited powers. What is the best term to describe this system?
Representative monarchy
Constitutional monarchy
Absolut monarchy
27
Which of the following is NOT the purpose for comparison?
Hypothesis testing
Descriptions, classifications and typologies
Knowledge about other countries
All of them
28
Which of the followings is not a function of political parties
All of them are
Aggregation
Guidance
Recruitment
29
Which of the following best characterizes a multi-party system with shifting coalitions
More than two relevant parties
No alteration in government
Just one major party
30
Of the following, one is an example of conventional participation. Which one?
Demostration
Signing a petition
Attending rallies and meetings
Occupation buildings
31
Connected beliefs, shared view of the world, or a blueprint for how politics, economics and society should be structured
Political awareness
Ideology
Civic culture
Political cultyre
32
The higher the political office, the more likley the people of a higher social status will occupy this place. Example of
Deviant case study
Narrowed participation
Participation gap or participation bias
Inequal development theory
33
What is the principal characteristic distinguishing the comparative method from the statistical method?(Lijphart)
If the results are statistically significant
How the model fits in a linear regression line
Number of cases employed
34
The principle of limited government is associated to: (controversial, check the drive)
Direct democracy
Presidential systems
Liberal democracy
Federal government
35
Which of the following is NOT an example of second-order elections
National elections
European Elections
They are all first-order
Local elections
36
Technocrats in bureaucracy impose econom stability within a capitalist framework under the protection of a military gov
Military authoritarian regime
Bureaucratic authoritarianism
Bureaucratic technocracy
Bureaucratic clientelism
37
Which of the following terms is not a characteristic of bureaucracy
Importance of party membership
Impersonal application of rules
Career-based personell recruited on the basis of merit
Hierarchical organization
38
1. Voters identifying with political parties has decline 2. decline in importance of class and religion. Best term(both)
Partisan identification
Political dealignment
Secularization
Partisan dealignment
39
What is the term used to describe a system in which talent, achievement and qualifications determine advancement?
Meritocracy
Achievement advanced system
Bureaucracy
Autocracy
40
Which of the following is NOT a major defining feature of the state?
Political participation
Territory
Population
Sovereignty
41
Process by which decisions, laws and policies are made, with or without the input of formal institutions
Government
Electoral system
Global governance
Governance
42
Ratio of the nº of employees who are members of trade unions to all the employees in a population. Term associated to
Collective agreement between employees of trade unions
Trade union density
Trade Union employees ratio
Collective agreement coverage rate
43
Which of the following best characterizes ‘party identification’?
Not influenced by the social group you belong
Party identification leads directly to enthusiastis support
Short-term attachment
Childhood is important in order to identify yourself with a party
44
What is the term used to refer to the sum of individuals values and norms regarding politics?
Political values
Political culture
Socio-political culture
Cultural values
45
What is the difference between power and influence? Again Idk how to put it into a question. Choose red
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46
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of nations? Check the drive, there are 2 different scholars. Red
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47
Which of the following is NOT the reason for the decline of voter turnout in recent legislative elections?
Disengagement
Institutional arrengements
Corruption
Shift to unconventional participation
48
Arrangement in which elected politicians distribute government jobs to those who supported the winning candidate
Spoils system
Patronage
Clientelism
49
Which of the following can be considered unitary states?
Russia
Japan
Canada
Nigeria
50
Which of the following terms best describes the principle that decisions should be taken at the lowest level?
Sublternance
Subdelegation
Subsidiarity
51
Which of the following is not part of comparative research methods?
Case study method
Comparative method
Poll method
Historical method
52
Party A: in 19C as a parliamentary club of liberal MPs. Party B: in 19C from a working class mov. outside of parliament
A: Cadre party, B: communist party
A: mass party, B: cadre party
A: political party, B: social movement
A; Cadre party, B: mass party
53
Which of the following IS NOT a reason for the rise in judicial activism?
Decline in prestige of the judiciary
Decline of political left
International conventions
Increasing reliance on regulations as a mode of governance
54
Parliaments have taken action to enhance the accountability of bureaucrats. Which is NOT an example of such a measure?
Increase politicization
All of them are ways to enhance accountability
New public management
New Public Management
55
A country has granted autonomous legislative powers to regional parliaments. What is the term used to this process?
Democratization
Devolution
Devolution
Deconcentration
56
Choose the options related to the Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
Cultures would become the leading source of political conflict
Race would become the leading source of political conflict
He introduced class in the discussion about political culture
Differentiation among core state, member state and lone state
57
Alternative vote (AV) is an example of?
Majority electoral systems
Plurality electoral system
Proportional representation system
58
Imagine a country with a weak bicameral legislature. Which power should certainly NOT belong to the upper house?
Budget
All of them should belong to the lower house
Sustaining or voting down governments
Introduction of major topics
59
A form of dem. expression through which all those with an interest in n issue can express themselves via social media
E-politics
E-communication
E-democracy
60
Which of the following is the best solution to the problem of selection on the dependent variable?
MSSD
MDSD
MRSD
61
Taken together, which of the following is the weakest function of parliament in a parliamentary system of government?
Veto legislation (negative power) and amend legislation (positive)
Delay legislation (negative power) and amend legislation (positive)
Express opinion (negative power) and amend legislation (positive)
62
Which term best describes a state with ineffective political institutions and deep internal divisions?
Quasi-state
Neither
Both
Failing state
63
Term referred to the modern state system based on the sovereignty of states & political self-determination:
Democracy
Sykes-Picot System
Modern nation-state system
Westphalian system
64
The willingness of judges to venture beyond narrow legal reasoning so as to influence public policy
Judicial activism
Judicial politization
Judicial polarization
Judicial political involvement
65
Which commonality do most transitions exhibit according to O’Donnell and Schmitter theory of regime change? (choose 2)
Social movements, especially those related to human rights pushing the gov
Extreme corruption in the authoritarian regime itself
Recognition within par of the ruling class that change is inevitable
Divisions whithin the authoritarian regime itself
66
A group identified by name and ideology that fields candidates at elections to win public office and control gov
Political parties
Interest groups
Social movements
Political groups
67
Outcome of a political or social process depends on earlier decisions that lead down a particular path. Term:
Path dependence
Path relation
Political dependence
Political path relation
68
Which of the following is NOT a strength of the federal system of government?
Stronger checks and balances
It creates a stronger sense of nation and its unity
Brings government close to the people
Offers opportunities for policy experiments
69
Which of the following political cleavages is the product of National Revolution
Urbal-rural cleavage
Center-peripheries cleavages
Owner-worker (class) cleavage
70
Which of the following is NOT among the most common structural components of constitutions?
Procedures for amedment
Bill of rights
Organizational section
Declaration of principles
71
A trade union for academics would be an example of (quite contested question in the drive document) choose red
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72
Rational voters making choices based on assessment of issues and party positions/manifestos
Issue affiliation
Party affiliation
Issue voting
73
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74
Imagine a democracy in which most citizens believe in civic particip. and largely accept the authority of the state.
Phenomenon known as citizenry culture
Phenomenon known as civic responsibility
Phenomenon known as cultural civic values
Phenomenon known as civic culture
75
Which of the following is the best way of recognizing the relevance of a party in party system?
Personality of the leader
Party-affiliation
Mass media influence
Coalition potential
76
Which of the following is not an explanation for why there are fewer women than men in high-level politics?
Women have confidence issues
Women normally prefer to be involved in social mov. rather than in politics
Women have fewer resources
Gendered institutions
77
Which of the following is the main reason for the emergence of states?
Development of international trade routs
Peace of Westphalia
Natural rights
War
78
A policy-influencing relation involving (US) interest groups, the bureaucracy, and legislative committees
Bureaucracy relation theory
Centralized relations theory
Bureaucratic triangle theory
Iron Triangle
79
Government coalition consisting of more parties than is numerically necessary to obtain a majority in parliament.
Surplus party quota
Surplus majority coalition
Oversized coalition
Oversized party quota
80
Collective value of social networks, derived from communication, help and support which generate reciprocity and trust
Social inclusion
Party affiliation
Social capital
Social interaction
81
Which of the following is NOT the means by which parliaments can hold governments accountable?
Emergency debates
Vote of no confidence
Veto power
Question time
82
Which of the following best describes a system with a directly elected president who has mainly ceremonial powers?
Unitary system
Presidential system
Federal system
Parliamentary system
83
The line of best fit in a scatter plot describing the relationship between two variables
Logistic regression model
Variable line
Regression line
84
Dense org. networks of people with common identity, who engage in a sustained series of non-institutional actions
Social organization
Social movement
Revolutionary movement
Social revolution
85
What is dual federalism?
National and local levels function indepent. with separate responsibilities
National and local levels are dependent and share responsibilities
86
A research method involving the detailed study of a particular object as well as the context within which it exists
Theory-testing case study
Deviant case study
Comparison case study
Single-case study
87
Which of the following is NOT an argument against term limits for members of parliament?
Creates lame legislators who cannot plan beyond the next election
Experience is more important than new perspectives to understand voters
Difficult for legislators to create long-term relations with their districs
88
Which concept refers to the sum of interactions through which a society reaches and en forces collective decisions?
Politics
Political representation
Governance
Voting
89
Which of the following is NOT the mechanism by which media impact the public?
Advertising
Reinforcement
Agenda-setting
Priming
90
Select the reasons for decline in party membership:
Weakening of traditional social divisons (as class or religion)
Greater appeal of social movements and media
Loosiening o the bond linking labour unions and socialist parties
Declining standing of parties, often linked to corruption cases
91
Which one is the most important difference between a multi-party system with shifting and alternating coalitions?
Shifting coalition: elections not decisive. Alternating: decisive elections
Shifting coalition: decisive elections. Alternating: elections not decisive
92
Judges, in the absence of explicit legislation, formulate rulings on the basis of precedents from prior judicial cases
Common law
Civil law
Religious law
93
Which of the following most accurately describes Duverger’s law? Check the drive, idk how to do it. Choose red
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94
Too contested, idk what to say. Choose red
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95
Not a clear answer provided in the document so... choose red
I have these questions
I hate these questions
96
The center--periphery cleavage according to the theory of voting is a product of
nation-state revolution
Civil revolution
Industrial revolution
national revolution
97
Economic development leads to democracy. Which logic underlies this hypothesis? Look at the drive.
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98
When the lower chamber dominates the upper, providing the primary focus for government accountability
Independent bicameralism
Asymmetric or weak bicameralism
Symmetric or strong bicameralism
99
Which of the following is NOT a function of legislature in a presidential system?
Representation
Control
Oversight
Government composition
100
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