Multiple Choice Flashcards
Fukuyama believes that the victory of liberalism is essentially a victory of:
Ideas
Sen affirms all of the following statements EXCEPT:
Human capital is more important than human capabilities.
Naim believes that transnational problems – such as drugs, arms and human trafficking, intellectual property, and money laundering require:
Looking beyond nation-states’ sovereignty + Stronger multinational organizations
For Jackson and Rosberg, personal rule involves a politics of leadership that is:
Elite-based and monopolistic
According to Levitsky and Way, competitive authoritarianism may involve independent challenges to the government by all but which of the following:
Religious authorities
According to Naím, the new breed of autocrats use populism to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Construct an overriding ideology to justify their power
Barro claims that…
The relationship between democracy and development is complicated, but they do go together in some way.
According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is NOT required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?
Homogenous national identity
According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?
- rule of law
- institutionalized economic society
- political society
- state bureaucracy
According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes all but which of the following?
specific productive skills and knowledge
According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes:
- 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
According to Acemoglu and Robinson, what is the cause of such different economic outcomes in countries around the world?
institutions and politics
Andre Gunder Frank argues that developing countries have grown fastest when they were:
Least linked into world trade
According to Lipset, economic development can be an important factor explaining:
Democracy and class conflicts
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:
Hold a presidential election
According to Taagepera and Shugart, why should we study electoral systems?
- 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
What does Duverger call “nearly a sociological law?”
The simple-majority single ballot system favors the two-party system.
Which of the electoral systems described in the reading requires voters to express multiple preferences?
Single transferable vote
For Sen, the decisive change in focus of women’s movements in recent years is:
from well-being to agency
According to Htun, women are different from ethnic groups because they are a _______ group
cross-cutting
According to Huntington, analysts should examine countries in groups based on their:
Culture
According to Huntington, which of the following is NOT a major world civilization?
European
Huntington’s methodology is:
Cultural
What was the historical shock(s) or trend(s) that enabled organizing around indigenous identities?
Decline of state corporatism AND improvements in democracy
Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in all but which of the following ways?
It has improved learning outcomes.
Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in which of the following ways?
- It is low-cost
- It improves school attendance
- It has increased support for democracy
- It has decreased the rate of children working
Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has NOT been successful in which of the following ways?
- It has improved learning outcomes
According to the article from The Economist, unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) have which of the following advantages over conditional cash transfers (CCTs):
They have lower administrative costs
Lowery contends that basic incomes could help spur ALL BUT which of the following behaviors:
Higher employment
According to Lijphart, democratic government in divided societies is most likely to be effective when it involves:
Power-sharing and autonomy
According to Lijphart, which system may be best for divided societies, especially those with contending ethnic groups?
Parliamentary-PR
According to Moore, the critical group in the development of democracy was:
the bourgeoisie
According to Acemoglu and Robinson, democracy is basically a:
institutional bargain between elites and citizens
What kind of economic change does Friedman argue should be undertaken?
A rapid change from command to market economy
Which of the following are the misguided government policies that Easterly attacks?
- Closing the economy to trade
- Running high budget deficits
- Import substitution industrialization
- Printing money and creating inflation
Which of the following tasks must be undertaken, according to De Tocqueville, to address the political reality he observed?
- Develop a new science of politics
- Educate democracy and reawaken its religious beliefs
- Develop a knowledge of statecraft
Which of the following political actors was most important in limiting the power of European kings (especially in England) and advancing liberty?
A new class of bourgeois yeoman capitalists
According to Grzymala-Busse, religion is NOT:
refutable
Grzymala-Busse argues that comparative politics, in its study of religion, should pay greater attention to:
doctrine
According to Gill, religious liberty is more likely in states where:
there is strong competition among various religions
For Popper, science involves…
Bold conjectures AND severe attempts to refute conjectures
Which of the following is NOT a justification of authority in politics as explained by Weber?
Populism, through which the people identify with a leader
What of the following forms of government does Aristotle see as a “failure” or “perversion”?
Democracy
McNamara suggests that one way to enhance democracy in the EU would be to:
decrease banality and increase healthy and inclusive political contestation
McNamara points out that which of the following allowed the EU to initially be quite successful:
depoliticization
According to Benedict Anderson, which of the following defines a nation?
Imagination
Which research tradition does Anderson represent?
Cultural
For Laitin, the nation is primarily:
constructed by coordination
According to Wimmer, nationalism has had all of the following benefits except…
Fostering representation and inclusion of all groups
According to Smith, the “invisible hand” means that which economic actors are best at making choices that benefit society?
Individuals
According to Acemoglu, the main reason we see differences across countries in their economic development is:
institutions
According to Blinder, which kinds of jobs are least susceptible to offshoring?
personal services
What does Kohli argue about the role of the state in development?
The state can reinforce and help the market.
Kohli’s typology of modern states includes:
- Neopatrimonial states
- Cohesive-capitalist states
- Fragmented multiclass states
Kohli’s typology of modern states does NOT include
Competitive authoritarian states
According to Esping-Andersen, which of the following is not a major form of welfare capitalism?
Communist
Which of the following characteristics do Schmitter and Karl call “the most distinctive element in democracies”?
citizens
How would Collier and Levitsky treat the idea of “illiberal democracy”?
as a diminished subtype
Pitkin argues that debates about representation often reflect different emphases in a controversy between
mandate and independence
