Cheibub, Ghandi, And Vreeland

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the coding rules used by Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) to label countries as democracies in the Democracy-Dictatorship (DD) index?
• A. More than one party competes in elections
B. The chief executive can be impeached
C. An alternation in power under the same rules that brought the incumbent to office has occurred
• D. The legislature is popularly elected

Answer 1

B. The chief of executive can be impeached

Question 2

Which of the following reasons describes why Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland
(2010) prefer a procedural minimalist definition of democracy to a substantive one?
u Answered
A. Because they do not want to incorporate the things that one might want to study as outcome variables into the definition of the key explanatory variable
B. Because the more components that there are to a definition of democracy, the harder it is to know which element has explanatory power
C. Because keeping some of the other attributes separate from the definition of democracy allows us to study them as separate components of political regimes
Correct Answer
D. All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

How do Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) code Botswana, and why?
A. A democracy: It holds regular, multi-party elections that select a legislature and a chief executive
B. A dictatorship: Only one political party competes in elections in Botswana
C. A democracy: The Botswana Democratic Party rules in a fair way, guaranteeing individual freedoms
D. A dictatorship: We have not yet observed what would happen if the Botswana Democratic Party lost an election

Answer 3

A dictatorship: we have not yet observed what would happen if the Botswana Democratic Party lost an election.

Question 4

Does the Democracy-Dictatorship (DD) index proposed by Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) allow us to rank countries from the least democratic to the most democratic?
A. Yes, we can rank countries based on how many of the four requirements they meet
B. No, the DD index only allows us to distinguish between democracies and dictatorships
C. Yes, we can rank them based on how many alterations in power they have had
D. No, the DD index only allows us to rank dictatorships from the worst to the least autocratic

Answer 4

B. No, the DD index only allows us to distinguish between democracies and dictatorships.

Question 5

Imagine a country where citizens live peacefully and are happy with their government, their human rights are protected, and there is freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Based on this information, could Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) code this country as a democracy?
• A. Yes, but only after verifying that its legislature was popularly elected
B. No, they would give it a medium score because we do not know enough about its electoral system
C. Yes, because those freedoms automatically make it a democracy
D. No, they would not have enough information to call this country a democracy

Answer 5

D. No, they would not have enough information to call this country a democracy.

Question 6

Which of the following terms corresponds to “the outcome of an election not being known in advance?”
A. Dictatorship
B. Ex ante uncertainty
C. Es post irreversibility
D. Repeatability

Answer 6

B. Ex ante uncertainty

Question 7

Which of the following terms best describes the fact that incumbent parties that lose elections leave office?
A. Dictatorship
B. Ex ante uncertainty
C. Ex post irreversibility
D. Repeatability

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Do the four coding rules through which Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) measure democracy correspond to the three Prezworskian features of democracy?
A. Yes, ex ante uncertainty and repeatability are covered by the fact that legislature and chief executive are popularly elected in a world of multiparty competition, and ex post irreversibility is covered by the alteration in power rule.
B. No, Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) distance themselves from Prezworski because they think that three criteria are not enough to define democracy and that you need four.
C. No, the rules proposed by Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010) do not measure ex ante uncertainty.
D. No, they have not developed a way of measuring repeatability yet.

Answer 8

A. Yes, ex ante uncertainty and repeatability are covered by the fact that legislature and chief executive are popularly elected in a world of multiparty competition, and ex post irreversibility is covered by the alteration in power rule

Question 9

Which of the following is not a type of democracy coded by Cheibub, Gandhi, and Vreeland (2010)
A. Parliamentary
B. Monarchical
C. Presidential
D. Semi-Presidential

Answer 9

B. Monarchical

Question 10

According to cheibub, Ghanaian, and Veeeland (2010), if the head of government has inherited his or her position, this means it is what kind of regime?
A. Civilian dictatorship
B. Military dictatorship
C. Monarchy
D. Presidential

Answer 10

C. Monarchy