Political Parties Full Test Bank Chapter 8 1st Edition

Chapter 8: Political Parties

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1) Which of the following statements about party families is FALSE?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.2 Party Families

a. Social democratic parties often ally closely with labour unions.

b. Liberal parties tend to campaign for higher taxes and more government spending.

c. Christian democracy tends to be weak or non-existent in countries with strong conservative parties

d. Communist parties in Western Europe sought to distance themselves from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and adopted a platform of “Eurocommunism”.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2) A society with many different cross-cutting cleavages…

Feedback: Page reference: 8.2 Party Families

a. will always have a multiparty system.

b. will always have a two-party system.

c. is more likely to have multiparty system, especially if it has a proportional electoral system.

d. is more likely to have a multiparty system, especially if it has a majoritarian electoral system.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3) Which of the following party families did NOT originate in the class cleavage?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.2 Party Families

a. Social Democratic Parties

b. Communist Parties

c. Christian Democrats

d. Socialist Parties

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4) Which of the following statements is correct?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.1 The Origins of Parties: Stasis and Change

a. Parties can only either be culturally left and economically left or culturally right and economically right.

b. The cultural dimension of politics describes the level of education the voters of certain parties have.

c. The cultural dimension of politics is rooted in the church-state cleavage.

d. The cultural dimension of politics reflects non-economic values such as attitudes towards immigration, identities and civil rights.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5) According to Inglehart, which development led to the rise of green and new left parties?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.1 The Origins of Parties: Stasis and Change

a. An increase in immigration.

b. A new generation of voters with more post-materialist values such as the environment and civil rights.

c. The end of economic struggles between workers and capital owners.

d. The decline of social democratic and socialist parties.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6) Which statements about political groups in the European Parliament is FALSE?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.2 Party Families

a. They have to consist of a minimum of 25 MEPs from at least 7 member states.

b. They are rooted in one or more European political parties (Europarties)

c. The European Parliament has traditionally been dominated by two large political groups from Christian democratic and social democratic/socialist parties.

d. All Eurosceptic and Anti-EU parties are organized in one political group in the European Parliament.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7) Which of the following statements best describes a cadre party?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.3 Party Types and Organization

a. A party that aims for support among the wider electorate, seeking to maximize electoral support while sacrificing ideological purity.

b. A party that is organized around an elite group in parliament that funds the party out of their personal wealth.

c. A party funded around a large but homogenous member base that controls decision-making.

d. A party organized a single wealthy entrepreneur.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8) Which of the following statements best describes a mass party?

Feedback: Page reference: 8.3 Party Types and Organization

a. A party that aims for support among the wider electorate, seeking to maximize electoral support while sacrificing ideological purity.

b. A party that is organized around an elite group in parliament that funds the party out of their personal wealth.

c. A party funded around a large but homogenous member base that controls decision-making.

d. A party organized a single wealthy entrepreneur.