Exam 18: Transitions to Democracy

Given international experience with fraudulent elections,which of the following would best indicate that elections were free and fair?

After rigorous debate in the legislature,which included statements from special-interest and minority groups,a proposed government bill on banking regulations is defeated in the House of Commons.What is this an example of?

Define and explain the significance of civil society in the successful transition to democracy.

Larry Diamond's idea of a predatory state describes countries like the U.S.A.and their history of imperialism.

Some people refer to globalization as the "McDonaldization" of the world.

Does violence help or hinder the transition to democracy?

According to Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel,what is the most serious violation of effective democracy?

Whose ideas align most closely with Larry Diamond's theory of "democratic recession" and "predatory states"?

Which of the following examples would best support Seymour Martin Lipset's argument about democratization?

Amartya Sen,a Nobel Prize-winning author in economics,argued that economic development must expand "human capabilities" and the "real freedom" that people enjoy.

The only peaceful method through which citizens can change their government is free and fair _______.It is another crucial component of democratic _______.

Most political scientists agree that an election is the only peaceful method through which citizens of a polity can change their government.

According to Larry Diamond,what is much of the developing world now characterized by?

According to Samuel Huntington,we are in the midst of a great epoch of democratization,which began in 1974.

The principle that gives governments the right to indefinitely incarcerate alleged terrorists without charge is known as habeas corpus.

According to authors such as Larry Diamond and Iris Marion Young,which of the following is NOT necessary in the transitional process or in a full-fledged practising democracy?

What was Peter Frank referring to with the words "unshakable structure"?

Define and explain the significance of economic development in the transition to democracy.Why might new democracies struggle with this aspect of democratization?

What are the prospects for democratization in the newly industrialized or non-Western societies?

In 1988,Benazir Bhutto became the first woman to serve as head of government in an Islamic country.