Lobbying reinforces the principle of equality underlying democracy - ANSWER False
An electoral system is a majority system if it is designed to regularly deliver a majority
government - ANSWER true
In Duverger's characterization, under a semi-presidential system the president has
quite considerable powers - ANSWER true
The larger the district magnitude, the more responsiveness of the electoral system will
be achieved. - ANSWER true
Appointed judges of constitutional courts often have long tenures. ANS true
The channels of political participation are in the sultanistic regime usually exposed to
despotic intervention. ANS true
As Duverger has put it, in a semi-presidential system the president can dismiss
ministers. ANS true
Mixed Member Majoritarian System is a mixed electoral system which was not designed
to secure proportional results. ANS true
Political participation in totalitarian regimes is mobilized by the state - ANWER true
A two-party system is associated with full alternation in government - ANSWER true
, Plurality electoral system favours representation of minorities - ANSWER false
Corporatist forms of interest group representation is often found in post-communist
countries - ANSWER false
Legitimacy arises when a rule was made correctly by following formal procedures -
ANSWER fasle
Legitimacy describes authority based solely on appeal to legal-rational norms -
ANSWER false
The membership of protective interest groups is closed; membership of promotional
groups is open - ANSWER true
Politics can be defined as the authoritative allocation of values within a given society. -
ANSWER false
Max Weber defined the state as "a human community that successfully exercises
physical force within a given territory." - ANSWER false
Nation states are "imagined communities," says the scholar Benedict Anderson, who
wants to stress their status as a social construction. - ANS true
Coups d'état are illegal, violent seizures of power by the military. - ANS false
A committee-based legislature will typically give more emphasis to plenary meetings
than a debating legislature will. - ANS false
Selection bias exists when the cases selected for comparison are unrepresentative of
the wider population. - ANS true
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