Institutions
Branch in charge of making laws
What is the legislative branch?
There are 3 waves of it.
One characteristic of democratization
nonagricultural commodities such as natural gas, diamonds, minerals
What is a resource?
contestation, participation, accountability
What are the three major characteristics of democracies?
Branch in charge of administering and enforcing laws
What is the executive branch?
Democratic backsliding
When a democratic country adapts non-democratic traits, it is called?
an economic problem in which the foreign demand for a country’s subsoil assets drives up the price of its currency, thereby damaging the competitiveness of the country’s manufacturing sector
What is Dutch Disease?
only one party wins the elections, no other political party has representation.
The head of the state is chosen through a direct nationwide election.
What is one characteristic of presidential systems?
No one is above the law; no politically motivated arrests.
What is rule of law?
More capital intensive jobs, less labor intensive jobs
Name one characteristic of the Dutch Disease
Although dissident parties have representation, only one party always wins the elections.
In a multi-party autocracy...
It has two chief executives- president and prime minister.
What is one characteristic of parliamentary systems?
distribution of government resources to reward political supporters, family members, friends
What is patronage & clientelism?
Government’s revenue does not depend on manufactured goods in the country
List one issue caused by the Dutch Disease
Which autocracy has the shortest life-span?
Military regimes
The legislative body elects the head of the state, so the voters indirectly chooses the chief executive.
Difference in how parliamentary systems elect their chief executives as compared to presidential systems.
According to --- democracy and good governance leads to economic prosperity
new institutional economics
Why can resource be a 'curse'?
When government revenue comes from the natural resources, the government doesn't rely on taxes- no taxation, no representation!
rule of law, lack of corruption, government effectiveness
The quality of good governance depends on...