What is legislature and executive power is tied, legislature elects executives
100
Plurality is also called
What is First Past the Post or Winner Take All
100
Another term for illiberal democracy
What is procedural
100
a vote on a policy initiated by the people
What is initiative
100
the general belief that the government has the right to rule and exercise authority
What is legitimacy
200
List four common examples of insitutions
What is military, bureaucracy, legislature, executive, and judiciary
200
Which electoral system has single member districts and encourages large, broad based parties
What is pluralism
200
How is devolution in a unitary government different from devolution in a federal government
What is unitary can dissolve subunits, not guaranteed; federal constitutionally protects subunit power
200
command economies occur when
What is government owns the means of production and retail
200
List four characteristics of a state
What is population, defined territory, political units of government (institutions), sovereignty, or international recognition
300
Identify 3 factors that encourage legitimacy
What is nationalism, shared political culture, shared religion, satisfaction with government's performance (political or economic)
300
Creates multi member districts, cast ballots for a party, facilitates regional or extremist parties
What is proportional representation
300
Under authoritarianism it is more likely to have interest groups that function as
What is transmission belts
300
ideology that believes in gradual change
What is liberalism
300
Power is divided between central government and sub-units
What is federal
400
Name 2 benefits of a federal system and 1 con
What is accommodates minorities and regions, easier to govern if the country is large, separates power further, Dis- lack of uniformity, territorial lines of subunits (if ethnic lines) may reinforce division
400
what is the con to having a mixed presidential/parliamentary system
What is confusion in who to blame for bad decision making
400
List 4 characteristics of a liberal democracy
What is competitive elections, civil rights, civil liberties, rule of law, neutrality of the judiciary, civilian control of the military, open civil society
400
process where ideology is transferred from one generation to the next
What is political socialization
400
3 common characteristics of a bureaucracy
What is
non elected positions or appointed
impersonal, efficient structures
formal qualifications for job
hierarchy
red tape
500
1 adv for parliamentary systems, 1 dis for parliamentary systems
1 adv for presidential systems, 1 dis for presidential systems
What is
Parliamentary adv- efficiency in passing legislation dis- instability or hasty decision making
Pres- adv-checks and balances on power dis- difficulty removing president until next election
500
Multi party systems are most commonly found in what institutional system
What is parliamentary
500
Classify all AP 6 countries
Liberal-
Illiberal-
Authoritarian-
What is
L- Mexico and Britain
I- Russia and Nigeria
A-Iran and China