Institution's
What system does Brazil use?
What is a presidential system
What is ISI
What is Import Substitution Industrialization
What is Clientlism
What is a system where political support is exchanged for material benefits like jobs and money.
What voting system does Brazil use?
What is proportional representation?
What are favelas
What is informal urban settlements in Brazil formed due to rapid urbanization.
What is Mexico's presidential term called?
What is a sexenio
What are parastatals?
What is stated owned/state-controlled enterprises?
What is mestizo?
What is compulsory voting?
What is requiring citizens to vote.
What are maquiladoras?
What are export-oriented factories in Mexico.
What type of legislature does Brazil have?
What is a bicameral legislature
What is the informal economy?
What is work that is not regulated or taxed by the government.
What is racial democracy in Brazil?
Which country transitioned to multiparty democracy around 2000?
Mexico
What is a colonial system where Britain governed Nigeria through local leaders, reinforcing ethnic divisions and weakening national unity.
What is the National Assembly?
What major trade agreement shaped Mexico's economy?
What is the NAFTA/USMCA.
What is Shari'a?
What is an Islamic law derived from religious texts and traditions.
What weakens trust in Nigerian elections?
What is election fraud.
What is prebendalism?
What is a public office for personal or group benefit
What country's military is largely independent from political leaders?
What is the resource curse?
The curse describes how countries rich in natural resources, like Nigeria with oil, often experience slower development due to corruption, economic imbalance, and lack of diversification.
What is Big Man politics?
What is a system where powerful individuals dominate politics through patronage networks rather than institutions.
What is corporatism?
What is a system where interest groups are integrated into the state structure.
What is abertura?
Abertura refers to Brazil's gradual transition from military authoritarian rule to democracy beginning in the 1970s.