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Fukuyama believes that the victory of liberalism is essentially a victory of:

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Ideas

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Sen affirms all of the following statements EXCEPT:

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Human capital is more important than human capabilities.

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Naim believes that transnational problems – such as drugs, arms and human trafficking, intellectual property, and money laundering require:

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Looking beyond nation-states’ sovereignty + Stronger multinational organizations

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For Jackson and Rosberg, personal rule involves a politics of leadership that is:

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Elite-based and monopolistic

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According to Levitsky and Way, competitive authoritarianism may involve independent challenges to the government by all but which of the following:

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Religious authorities

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According to Naím, the new breed of autocrats use populism to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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Construct an overriding ideology to justify their power

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Barro claims that…

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The relationship between democracy and development is complicated, but they do go together in some way.

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According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is NOT required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?

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Homogenous national identity

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According to Linz and Stepan, which of the following is required for a democracy to be considered consolidated?

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  • rule of law
  • institutionalized economic society
  • political society
  • state bureaucracy
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According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes all but which of the following?

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specific productive skills and knowledge

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According to Fukuyama, the idea of “social capital” includes:

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  • the ability to work together for shared purposes
  • trust
  • shared norms and values
  • an ability to put individual interest at the service of the common good
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According to Acemoglu and Robinson, what is the cause of such different economic outcomes in countries around the world?

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institutions and politics

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Andre Gunder Frank argues that developing countries have grown fastest when they were:

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Least linked into world trade

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According to Lipset, economic development can be an important factor explaining:

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Democracy and class conflicts

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According to Tufte, between 1946 and 1976, the best way to beat the combination of inflation and unemployment in the US in the short run was:

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Hold a presidential election

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According to Taagepera and Shugart, why should we study electoral systems?

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  • They are the most easy part of a democratic system to manipulate to achieve specific goals.
  • They shape voter behavior
  • Different candidates may be elected according to different rules
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What does Duverger call “nearly a sociological law?”

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The simple-majority single ballot system favors the two-party system.

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Which of the electoral systems described in the reading requires voters to express multiple preferences?

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Single transferable vote

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For Sen, the decisive change in focus of women’s movements in recent years is:

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from well-being to agency

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According to Htun, women are different from ethnic groups because they are a _______ group

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cross-cutting

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According to Huntington, analysts should examine countries in groups based on their:

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Culture

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According to Huntington, which of the following is NOT a major world civilization?

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European

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Huntington’s methodology is:

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Cultural

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What was the historical shock(s) or trend(s) that enabled organizing around indigenous identities?
Decline of state corporatism AND improvements in democracy
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in all but which of the following ways?
It has improved learning outcomes.
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has been successful in which of the following ways?
- It is low-cost - It improves school attendance - It has increased support for democracy - It has decreased the rate of children working
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Tepperman notes that Bolsa Familia has NOT been successful in which of the following ways?
- It has improved learning outcomes
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According to the article from The Economist, unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) have which of the following advantages over conditional cash transfers (CCTs):
They have lower administrative costs
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Lowery contends that basic incomes could help spur ALL BUT which of the following behaviors:
Higher employment
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According to Lijphart, democratic government in divided societies is most likely to be effective when it involves:
Power-sharing and autonomy
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According to Lijphart, which system may be best for divided societies, especially those with contending ethnic groups?
Parliamentary-PR
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According to Moore, the critical group in the development of democracy was:
the bourgeoisie
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According to Acemoglu and Robinson, democracy is basically a:
institutional bargain between elites and citizens
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What kind of economic change does Friedman argue should be undertaken?
A rapid change from command to market economy
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Which of the following are the misguided government policies that Easterly attacks?
- Closing the economy to trade - Running high budget deficits - Import substitution industrialization - Printing money and creating inflation
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Which of the following tasks must be undertaken, according to De Tocqueville, to address the political reality he observed?
- Develop a new science of politics - Educate democracy and reawaken its religious beliefs - Develop a knowledge of statecraft
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Which of the following political actors was most important in limiting the power of European kings (especially in England) and advancing liberty?
A new class of bourgeois yeoman capitalists
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According to Grzymala-Busse, religion is NOT:
refutable
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Grzymala-Busse argues that comparative politics, in its study of religion, should pay greater attention to:
doctrine
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According to Gill, religious liberty is more likely in states where:
there is strong competition among various religions
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For Popper, science involves...
Bold conjectures AND severe attempts to refute conjectures
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Which of the following is NOT a justification of authority in politics as explained by Weber?
Populism, through which the people identify with a leader
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What of the following forms of government does Aristotle see as a “failure” or “perversion”?
Democracy
45
McNamara suggests that one way to enhance democracy in the EU would be to:
decrease banality and increase healthy and inclusive political contestation
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McNamara points out that which of the following allowed the EU to initially be quite successful:
depoliticization
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According to Benedict Anderson, which of the following defines a nation?
Imagination
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Which research tradition does Anderson represent?
Cultural
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For Laitin, the nation is primarily:
constructed by coordination
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According to Wimmer, nationalism has had all of the following benefits except...
Fostering representation and inclusion of all groups
51
According to Smith, the “invisible hand” means that which economic actors are best at making choices that benefit society?
Individuals
52
According to Acemoglu, the main reason we see differences across countries in their economic development is:
institutions
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According to Blinder, which kinds of jobs are least susceptible to offshoring?
personal services
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What does Kohli argue about the role of the state in development?
The state can reinforce and help the market.
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Kohli’s typology of modern states includes:
- Neopatrimonial states - Cohesive-capitalist states - Fragmented multiclass states
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Kohli’s typology of modern states does NOT include
Competitive authoritarian states
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According to Esping-Andersen, which of the following is not a major form of welfare capitalism?
Communist
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Which of the following characteristics do Schmitter and Karl call “the most distinctive element in democracies”?
citizens
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How would Collier and Levitsky treat the idea of “illiberal democracy”?
as a diminished subtype
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Pitkin argues that debates about representation often reflect different emphases in a controversy between
mandate and independence

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