Scientific studies should have hypothesis that are testable and __________.
What is falsifiable?
100
He stated that "Wars make states and states make wars."
Who is Charles Tilly?
100
According to Duverger, a plurality system of elections normally produces how many major parties?
What is two?
200
When the independent variable increases while the dependent decreases (or vice-versa), they are in this kind of causal relationship.
What is a negative/inverse relationship?
200
This historical experience made the state formation experience of countries in the developing world different from Europe.
What is colonialism?
200
This international NGO has measured degrees of democracy through civil and political liberties of countries across the world.
What is Freedom House?
300
Qualitative approaches to comparative politics usually employ this type of methodology.
What is case study analysis?
300
This is one of the two economic indicators of state failure.
What is economic decline/poverty or uneven economic development?
300
In a parliamentary system, the members of the cabinet remain as __________.
What are members of parliament?
400
In the ________, cases with different attributes but shared outcomes are compared and contrasted in order to identify the one attribute these cases share in common as the causal factor.
What is the method of agreement?
400
This is usually the proxy (measure) for state capacity.
What is taxation capacity?
400
In semi-presidential systems, this is one presidential power it shares with parliamentary systems.
What is dissolve the legislature?
500
Data derived from this method portrays the world in fixed quantities when, in fact, political scenarios are dynamic and changing.
What is the quantitative method?
500
In weak or failed states, the prevalence of this reduces available resources for social services and diminishes the legitimacy of governments while enriching its officials.
What is corruption?
500
In Germany, this vote allows both the dissolution of the government and its instantaneous replacement of a new one.