Institutional Methods
An institution above all does ____
Constrains actor actions
Name one key function of a constitution
Entrenching key bargains, setting up a federal court structure, structuring the balance of power, regime type, etc.
The idea of having some dual authority between the center and subnational units is called ___
federalism
When subnational units have an unequal relationship to the center like in Russia
Asymmetric federalism
What is the disagreement in federalism studies?
Whether or not local governance "counts"
Rational choice institutionalism considers this and historical trends
actor strategies
When a constitution is less detailed and enshrines general principles it is considered ____
Entrenched
How might some subnational units be split from each other?
Language, ethnicity, culture, etc.
The historical route a country takes to an outcome is often associated with historical institutionalism - think of the Haiti example!
Path dependency
Moving certain powers down governing levels is called___
Decentralization (or devolution)
Critical juncture
This is the name of the constitutions dataset
Comparative Constitutions Project
This is when subnational units have an equal relationship with the center
Symmetric federalism
Which term means: The idea of having an issue be dealt with at the lowest level of government possible
Subsidiarity
In federalism, this is the study of financial transfers from the center to states
Intergovernmental Relations
The phrase "seeing the forest and the trees" is associated with which institutional method
Historical institutionalism
Of the functions of constitutions, this is considered the most controversial
Providing for affirmative rights of the government (like welfare)
Coming together
When a constitution is explicit about policy content, it is considered _____
Unentrenched
In our study of institutionalism, we considered this example:
Gender quotas in Argentina
John Carey introduced the idea of _____ institutions
Parchment
Nwokora (2022) argues that constitutions have short and long term goals. What are constitutions in the short term focused on?
Regime Survival
This is one of two of the indices of the Regional Authority Index
Shared Rule or Self Rule
Catalonia
In the Comparative Constitutions Project, this is the name of one of the datasets
Index of Constitutional Events; Constitutional longevity