July 4th Break Recall

Institutional Methods

100

An institution above all does ____

Constrains actor actions

200

Rational choice institutionalism considers this and historical trends

actor strategies

300

This is when a key event in history changes the path a country takes. Think WWI

Critical juncture

400

The phrase "seeing the forest and the trees" is associated with which institutional method

Historical institutionalism

500

John Carey introduced the idea of _____ institutions

Parchment

Constitutions

100

Name one key function of a constitution

Entrenching key bargains, setting up a federal court structure, structuring the balance of power, regime type, etc.

200

When a constitution is less detailed and enshrines general principles it is considered ____

Entrenched

300

This is the name of the constitutions dataset

Comparative Constitutions Project

400

Of the functions of constitutions, this is considered the most controversial

Providing for affirmative rights of the government (like welfare)

500

Nwokora (2022) argues that constitutions have short and long term goals. What are constitutions in the short term focused on?

Regime Survival

Federalism

100

The idea of having some dual authority between the center and subnational units is called ___

federalism

200

How might some subnational units be split from each other?

Language, ethnicity, culture, etc.

300

This is when subnational units have an equal relationship with the center

Symmetric federalism

400

When subnational units unify to form one country it is called ___ federalism

Coming together

500

This is one of two of the indices of the Regional Authority Index

Shared Rule or Self Rule

Potpourri

100

When subnational units have an unequal relationship to the center like in Russia

Asymmetric federalism

200

The historical route a country takes to an outcome is often associated with historical institutionalism - think of the Haiti example!

Path dependency

300

Which term means: The idea of having an issue be dealt with at the lowest level of government possible

Subsidiarity

400

When a constitution is explicit about policy content, it is considered _____

Unentrenched

500

This is the name of the Spanish autonomous region that held a referendum for indepenence

Catalonia

Other

100

What is the disagreement in federalism studies?

Whether or not local governance "counts"

200

Moving certain powers down governing levels is called___

Decentralization (or devolution)

300

In federalism, this is the study of financial transfers from the center to states

Intergovernmental Relations

400

In our study of institutionalism, we considered this example:

Gender quotas in Argentina

500

In the Comparative Constitutions Project, this is the name of one of the datasets

Index of Constitutional Events; Constitutional longevity