Political Regimes 1

Question 1

What is a delegative democracy?

Answer 1

The representatives elected by the people decide on behalf of the people.

Question 2

What is a direct democracy?

Answer 2

The people decide themself, without elected
representatives or with an imperative mandate.

Question 3

David Collier and Steven Levitsky

Answer 3

Define democracy as shaped by “conceptual benchmarks”, avoiding conceptual stretching.

Question 4

What are Collier and Levitsky’s conceptual benchmarks?

Answer 4

• Reasonably Competitive Elections
• Basic Civil Liberties
• Elected Governments
• Additional Features

Question 5

What indicators does the democratic index compare?

Answer 5

1). Electoral Process and Pluralism
2). Government
3). Political Participation
4). Political Culture
5). Civic Liberties

Question 6

Hybrid Regime defintion

Answer 6

Non-democratic, non-authoritarian regimes instead of the use of democratic
or authoritarian labels. -Diamond, Lipset, Linz

Question 7

How does Juan Linz define authoritarian regimes?

Answer 7

The state is controlled by one leader – or a small group of
leaders - afford very limited political pluralism.

Question 8

Totalitarian Regime by Carl Friedrich?

Answer 8

A “totalist” ideology, controlled by a
single, mass-mobilizational
political party backed up by
a persuasive secret police,
and maintains monopolies
in every sector as well as
civil society.