Exam 4: The Executive Branch: Latin American Style

Holding all else equal, which party characteristics best help overcome potential immobilism between an executive and legislature?

Absent a strong and independent judiciary, an anti-corruption campaign is more likely to become politicized.

Which of the following most significantly reduced support for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?

In a delegative democracy, power is concentrated in which institution?

A delegative democracy has a president that comes to power through electoral fraud.

Which country in Latin America uses a semi-presidential system?

In the traditional parliamentary system, the prime minister does not appear on a national ballot.

The politics of patronage is an inevitable pathology of Max Weber's ideal bureaucracy.

In a presidential system, partisan power is more stable than constitutional power.

In a parliamentary system, what consequences follow a "motion of no confidence"?

Which if the following presidential powers common to Latin American presidents is also found in the United States presidency?

In a presidential system, the term of government is fixed; in a parliamentary system, the term of government is flexible.

Increasing the number of political appointees in a bureaucracy always enhances the quality of democracy.

In a presidential system, who plays the role of head of state?

Which of the following best explains the contemporary rise in protests toward corruption in Latin America?

Which of the following must precede the grant of emergency decree authority?

Constitutional power refers to the legal powers accorded to an executive.

In a parliamentary system, executive-legislative relations are _____, while head of state / head of government roles are _____.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between a prime minister and the cabinet in a parliamentary system?

In which case would a motion of no confidence be most likely?