Essay Exam 3 Flashcards
- How would you best minimize the Longhornians influence in the legislature?
How would you redistrict (gerrymander) the districts to keep their influence
low? Define gerrymandering, Pick one of the two approaches discussed in
class, describe it, and then correctly identify the results in terms of
representation for the Longhornians.
Gerrymandering as defined in lecture is the idea of redrawing district boundaires for political gain and can be divided between two types, cracking/dilution or packing
To best minimize the influence of the longhornians influence and keep the districs influence low I would redistrict the party and use the method cracking. I can redraw the districts line to spread and dilute the party across several districs but keeping them as a minority party in each district.
- Secretary of State Venables, was placed in charge of dealing with the fact that
many Sooners live outside the borders of the new state., particularly in
Texas. He has approached PGC to address how to encourage the flow of
remittances. Your document should define remittances, their relative
importance to several countries (pick a few, Google the amounts of
remittances and see what you find) and then explain how these could be
useful Sooneristan as it tries to strengthen the economy.
Remittances is money earned by emigrants abroad and sent back to home countries.
The importance of remittances is to help reduce poverty, support families, and helps restore economic growth.
A few countries that strongly depend on remittances are India, Mexico, China, and The Phillippienes.
Most people use the funds from remittances for basic needs like food, housing, and medical expenses. It is also used to pay for education and financial security for emergiencies.
Remittance can be very useful for Soonerist to strengthen their economy because it can support the demand for consumption, support financially the labor force, and even support new buisnesses to grow and contribute to the local economy with more job opportunities and new products.
5.Sooneristan, as pointed out above, is dependent on raw materials and
commodities exports such as oil, natural gas, and agricultural products.
Explain to what degree Sooneristan would be impacted by commodity
dependence. Your response must define dependency theory, commodity
dependence (chapter 17, pp. 574-575), and you may want to look up data on
how much of the Sooneristan’s GDP comes from these commodities?
Dependency theory describes the development challenges and limitations faced by poorer contries and the political and economic relationships poorer countries have with richer countries.
Commodity dependency is an aspect of dependency theory that occurs when more than 60% of a countries exports and economic helath are tied to one or two resources
