Exam 1 Review

Theory Dev/Unit1

100

A testable idea with justification is called a/an _____

theory

200

In the equation U = B*PR - C + D, what does "C" stand for?

Costs

300

According to folks like Downs, voting is _____

Irrational

400

What term was added to the original calculus of voting equation?

D = civic duty

500

In the equation U = B*PR - C, what does PR stand for?

Probability of your individual vote being decisive

Measuring Dem.

100

This measure of democracy is binary. If a country has a competitive election it is a democracy, otherwise it is a dictatorship

Democracy-Dictatorship

200

This measure utilizes 5 indices such as liberal democracy and egalitarian democracy and approximately 500 variables

Varieties of Democracy

300

Robert Dahl did not think most polities were democracies. He instead argued they were ____

polyarchies

400

This measure of democracy focuses primarily on outcomes like press freedom and political rights

FreedomHouse

500

Name 1 of Robert Dahl's dimensions.

Contestation and Inclusion

Origins of Dem./Dem. Consolidation

100

This theory has a "chicken or the egg" problem

Economic growth causing democracy or vice versa?

200

Name 1 of the factors that Milan Svolik argues reduces the likelihood of democratic consolidation

presidentialism and a military authoritarian past

300

Who is most associated with credible commitment theory of democracy?

North and Weingast

400

This theory of democratic origins argues that the sum of all informal social interactions is determinative on if a regime is a democracy or not. A regime that is conducive towards informal interactions is more democratic, while those that are not are non-democratic.

Social capital theory

500

This fellow famously said, "no bourgeoisie, no democracy"

Barrington Moore

Varieties of Dem./Coalitions

100

The main question that differentiates a presidential and parliamentary regime is ____

Does the executive depend on the legislature?

200

Name one condition in which a government may be "broken" by the legislature, according to Shepsle and Laver

Constitutionally scheduled election, resignation of the current government, and a vote of no confidence

300

This is the final vote of Parliament on a coalition arrangement - it is often a formality

An investiture vote

400

If politicians in the largest party are _______ they might not want a surplus majority coalition because it reduces the overall influence they have by having to split ministerial portfolios among more members

Office-seeking

500

This coalition type is where a singular party rules without a majority, but is aided by a helper party that agrees to its rule (without entering the coalition)

Single-party minority

Potpourri

100

This person argued that the settled vs. unsettled trajectories of democratic development in countries could be explained by conservative party responses.

Daniel Ziblatt

200

This measure rates countries from a scale of -10 to 10, with those in the middle being called "mixed" regimes. Most of the variation is in the executive constraints, however. 

Polity IV

300

Who is most associated with modernization theory?

Seymour Martin Lipset

400

This is a type of coalition where only those parties minimally necessary to getting over 50% are in the coalition

Minimal Winning coalition

500

This famous ancient Roman letter writer had a problem: he had a plurality support for his preferred legislative outcome, but not a majority. Who is he?

Pliny the Younger