Exam 1: Introduction

Which of the following two entities are most responsible for formulating and executing policy in a parliamentary system?

Social democracy as a political ideology is a sort of hybrid of what two other ideologies?

Describe the major types of nondemocratic regimes. How do nondemocratic governments use co-optation to support their regimes?

What are the major differences seen among parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each model?

Describe the differences in political conflict and competition between democratic and nondemocratic regimes. How do political scientists consider suffrage and civil society when studying that difference?

States that divide power between the central state and regional or local authorities are called:

Courts with the power to decide questions that do not arise from legal cases, sometimes even before legislation has been enacted, have the power of:

Karen has a business that has grown over the years from a small one to a large, very profitable one. She has amassed a high degree of wealth in a society where most of her fellow citizens are extremely poor-to the point of common homelessness. Additionally, the state she lives under has eliminated all citizen access to government and regularly violates all measures of civil rights and freedoms in the name of securing and building up the state. Karen agrees with both her economic situation and the role that the state plays in the life of her country. How is Karen's ideology best characterized?

Regimes featuring a strong official ideology that seeks to transform fundamental aspects of the state, society, and economy through force and popular mobilization are called:

Citizens' trust in government, their knowledge about politics, and their views about their ability to influence political outcomes are aspects of: