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Multiple Choice Flashcards

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Fukuyama believes that the victory of liberalism is essentially a victory of:

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Ideas

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Sen affirms all of the following statements EXCEPT:

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Human capital is more important than human capabilities.

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Naim believes that transnational problems – such as drugs, arms and human trafficking, intellectual property, and money laundering require:

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Looking beyond nation-states’ sovereignty + Stronger multinational organizations

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For Jackson and Rosberg, personal rule involves a politics of leadership that is:

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Elite-based and monopolistic

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According to Levitsky and Way, competitive authoritarianism may involve independent challenges to the government by all but which of the following:

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Religious authorities

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According to Naím, the new breed of autocrats use populism to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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Construct an overriding ideology to justify their power

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Barro claims that…

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The relationship between democracy and development is complicated, but they do go together in some way.

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According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is NOT required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?

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Homogenous national identity

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According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?

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  • rule of law
  • institutionalized economic society
  • political society
  • state bureaucracy
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According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes all but which of the following?

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specific productive skills and knowledge

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According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes:

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  • the ability to work together for shared purposes
  • trust
  • shared norms and values
  • an ability to put individual interest at the service of the common good
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According to Acemoglu and Robinson, what is the cause of such different economic outcomes in countries around the world?

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institutions and politics

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Andre Gunder Frank argues that developing countries have grown fastest when they were:

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Least linked into world trade

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According to Lipset, economic development can be an important factor explaining:

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Democracy and class conflicts

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According to Tufte, between 1946 and 1976, the best way to beat the combination of inflation and unemployment in the US in the short run was:

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Hold a presidential election

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According to Taagepera and Shugart, why should we study electoral systems?

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  • They are the most easy part of a democratic system to manipulate to achieve specific goals.
  • They shape voter behavior
  • Different candidates may be elected according to different rules
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17
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What does Duverger call “nearly a sociological law?”

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The simple-majority single ballot system favors the two-party system.

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18
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Which of the electoral systems described in the reading requires voters to express multiple preferences?

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Single transferable vote

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For Sen, the decisive change in focus of women’s movements in recent years is:

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from well-being to agency

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According to Htun, women are different from ethnic groups because they are a _______ group

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cross-cutting

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21
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According to Huntington, analysts should examine countries in groups based on their:

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Culture

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22
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According to Huntington, which of the following is NOT a major world civilization?

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European

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23
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Huntington’s methodology is:

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Cultural

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25
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What was the historical shock(s) or trend(s) that enabled organizing around indigenous identities?

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Decline of state corporatism AND improvements in democracy

26
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in all but which of the following ways?

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It has improved learning outcomes.

27
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in which of the following ways?

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  • It is low-cost
  • It improves school attendance
  • It has increased support for democracy
  • It has decreased the rate of children working
28
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has NOT been successful in which of the following ways?

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  • It has improved learning outcomes
29
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According to the article from The Economist, unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) have which of the following advantages over conditional cash transfers (CCTs):

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They have lower administrative costs

30
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Lowery contends that basic incomes could help spur ALL BUT which of the following behaviors:

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Higher employment

31
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According to Lijphart, democratic government in divided societies is most likely to be effective when it involves:

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Power-sharing and autonomy

32
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According to Lijphart, which system may be best for divided societies, especially those with contending ethnic groups?

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Parliamentary-PR

33
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According to Moore, the critical group in the development of democracy was:

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the bourgeoisie

34
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According to Acemoglu and Robinson, democracy is basically a:

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institutional bargain between elites and citizens

35
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What kind of economic change does Friedman argue should be undertaken?

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A rapid change from command to market economy

36
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Which of the following are the misguided government policies that Easterly attacks?

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  • Closing the economy to trade
  • Running high budget deficits
  • Import substitution industrialization
  • Printing money and creating inflation
37
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Which of the following tasks must be undertaken, according to De Tocqueville, to address the political reality he observed?

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  • Develop a new science of politics
  • Educate democracy and reawaken its religious beliefs
  • Develop a knowledge of statecraft
38
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Which of the following political actors was most important in limiting the power of European kings (especially in England) and advancing liberty?

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A new class of bourgeois yeoman capitalists

39
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According to Grzymala-Busse, religion is NOT:

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refutable

40
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Grzymala-Busse argues that comparative politics, in its study of religion, should pay greater attention to:

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doctrine

41
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According to Gill, religious liberty is more likely in states where:

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there is strong competition among various religions

42
Q

For Popper, science involves…

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Bold conjectures AND severe attempts to refute conjectures

43
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Which of the following is NOT a justification of authority in politics as explained by Weber?

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Populism, through which the people identify with a leader

44
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What of the following forms of government does Aristotle see as a “failure” or “perversion”?

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Democracy

45
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McNamara suggests that one way to enhance democracy in the EU would be to:

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decrease banality and increase healthy and inclusive political contestation

46
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McNamara points out that which of the following allowed the EU to initially be quite successful:

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depoliticization

47
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According to Benedict Anderson, which of the following defines a nation?

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Imagination

48
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Which research tradition does Anderson represent?

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Cultural

49
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For Laitin, the nation is primarily:

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constructed by coordination

50
Q

According to Wimmer, nationalism has had all of the following benefits except…

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Fostering representation and inclusion of all groups

51
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According to Smith, the “invisible hand” means that which economic actors are best at making choices that benefit society?

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Individuals

52
Q

According to Acemoglu, the main reason we see differences across countries in their economic development is:

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institutions

53
Q

According to Blinder, which kinds of jobs are least susceptible to offshoring?

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personal services

54
Q

What does Kohli argue about the role of the state in development?

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The state can reinforce and help the market.

55
Q

Kohli’s typology of modern states includes:

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  • Neopatrimonial states
  • Cohesive-capitalist states
  • Fragmented multiclass states
56
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Kohli’s typology of modern states does NOT include

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Competitive authoritarian states

57
Q

According to Esping-Andersen, which of the following is not a major form of welfare capitalism?

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Communist

58
Q

Which of the following characteristics do Schmitter and Karl call “the most distinctive element in democracies”?

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citizens

59
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How would Collier and Levitsky treat the idea of “illiberal democracy”?

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as a diminished subtype

60
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Pitkin argues that debates about representation often reflect different emphases in a controversy between

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mandate and independence

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