Ch5 Democracies, Democratization, And Test Bank Docx - Politics 1e | Exam Pack by Ferdinand by Peter Ferdinand. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 05 Test Bank
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 01
01) According to Freedom House, in 2013 there were ______ electoral democracies in the world.
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a. 122
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 02
02) Why do people generally prefer democracy over other forms of state organization?
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a. They value autonomy and freedom
b. They want to be dictated to by politicians
c. All other forms of state organization have failed
d. It is all they know
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 03
03) Democracy has always been an exclusively Western practice.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 04
04) Why might the existence of a strong middle class have an influence on a country’s development?
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a. The middle classes are more likely to migrate to other countries for financial opportunities and send back money to relatives, bolstering the economy.
b. The middle class places a great deal of trust in those in power.
c. A strong middle class means a greater number of professions such as doctors, lawyers, and so on, which aids a country’s development.
d. The interests of the middle class lead them to challenge elites and to demand a share in national affairs, which can only be fulfilled in a democracy.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 05
05) Name one of the principle benefits of ‘transitology’.
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a. It offers examples of how to successfully transition to democracy, even where the traditional ‘prerequisites’ for democracy are not in place.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 06
06) ‘Transitology’ may be problematic because…
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a. It suffers from over-simplification.
b. It assumes that states in transition necessarily move towards democracy, which is not always the case.
c. It gives a false sense of security to states in transition, when in fact radical change is almost always chaotic and difficult to control.
d. All of the above.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 07
07) Who proposed the ‘polyarchy’ model of democracy?
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a. John Keane.
b. Robert Dahl.
c. Larry Diamond.
d. Thomas Carothers.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 08
08) What is the benefit of using a typology of democratic regimes such as that of Møller and Skaaning?
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a. That it provides a simple and clear framework for assessing the extent of a country’s democracy.
b. That it shows how democracy may be deepened.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 09
09) The Freedom House Index and Transparency International measure the extent of corruption in a country.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 10
10) France is classed as a ‘complete democracy’ according to all democracy indexes.
a. True
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b. False
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 11
11) Explain why the label ‘liberal democracy’ might be problematic when applied to India.
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a. Traditional ideas associated with ‘liberal’—individualism, equality, and free market economics—do not necessarily fit in with India’s political culture. India places greater value on the role of the community in politics; the caste system is strengthened through special rights for certain castes; and, although some liberalization has taken place recently, Indian economic policy has traditionally been more concerned with development for the national good.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 12
12) Another example of a country where the label ‘liberal democracy’ may be problematic is __________?______.
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a. China
b. Singapore
c. Turkey
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 13
13) Name at least one factor that has contributed to the revival of authoritarianism since the 1990s.
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a. Failed transitions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Libya, and Syria.
b. The increasing level of sophistication of many authoritarian regimes, for example in China.
c. The growing internationalization of the confrontation between democratic and authoritarian regimes, including the greater willingness of some authoritarian regimes to interfere in the internal affairs of others (for example, Saudi Arabia).
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 14
14) Identify a key difference between authoritarian regimes and democracies.
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a. Policy outcomes: authoritarian regimes tend to spend less on social programmes, wages, and environmental policies, than democracies.
b. Authoritarian regimes tend to attract less foreign investment than democracies, possibly due to a weaker stance on enforcing property rights.
c. Authoritarian regimes offer more opportunities for corruption than democracies.
d. Authoritarian regimes tend to have higher birth and death rates than democracies.
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 15
15) What are some of the positive and negative aspects of democracy?
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a. Positives: Democracies are good at coping with complex social/economic changes, and adapting to them, because they tend to be more pragmatic. Their strength lies in incremental change.
Negatives: Democracies find it difficult to think/plan long-term, because democracies have overcome obstacles in the past and can be lulled into a false sense of security, thus they may fail to act quickly when needed.