Variations and Defintions

Question 1

_______ defines dictatorships as “regimes without _________ _______, without ____ __ ___, without ________ and ______ rights, without ______ __________ in ______… ______ to _______”

Answer 1

J. Gandhi, competitive elections, rule of law, political, civil, regular alternation, power, relative, democracies

Question 2

_______ also says that _______ _______ have tended to behave similarly to their ____-________ counterparts. How _______ are their interests?

Answer 2

Gandhi, military dictators, non-military, unique

Question 3

In competitive authoritarian regimes, elections remain ______ (although the _________ may have an _________), there are _________ ________ (although ____), attempts to __________ the ______ prove costly and __________ ______ can act as a ________

Answer 3

tight, incumbent, advantage, independent legislatures, weak, subordinate, judiciary, independent media, watchdog

Question 4

In competitive authoritarian regimes, ________ rules exist alongside __________ ______ in order that _________ remain so and this _________ can generate __________

Answer 4

democratic, autocratic methods, incumbents, hybridity, instability

Question 5

Regime type my influence the likelihood of _____ _________, how they ________ to _____ and how ________ they can be in _________

Answer 5

regime adaptability, respond, threats, flexible, responding

Question 6

___________ bias that pits __________ and __________ as dichotomous originated in a ____ ____ setting

Answer 6

Ideological, democracy, authoritarianism, Cold War

Question 7

On competitive authoritarian regimes such as _______ and _________: although __________ still exists, citizens are, one might argue, ______ ________ than _____ ______

Answer 7

Nigeria, Russia, repression, freer today, ever before