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Question 1

According to the text, what is the definition of a governing regime?

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Question 2

What concept, maintained by German social scientist Max Weber, describes the right governments seek to have the final say over when violence is acceptable within their territory?

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Question 3

Under French law, what is the maximum number of days a president can declare a state of emergency before an extension must be approved by the legislature?

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Question 4

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was referred to as a 'constitutional dictator' because he:

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Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the three primary ways Max Weber argued that broad legitimacy develops?

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Question 6

What is the term for a state whose ability to exercise control and provide minimal conditions of law, order, and social stability has deteriorated to a precariously low level?

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Question 7

In soft authoritarianism, how do regimes typically interact with the public?

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Question 8

Which country is presented in the text as an example of soft authoritarianism, where a king appoints the head of government and retains authority to disband parliament and veto laws?

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Question 9

What is Juche, as described in the context of North Korea?

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Question 10

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, what is the role of the Guardian Council?

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Question 11

What is the key difference between a unitary and a federal representative regime?

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Question 12

In Israel's parliamentary system, what is the minimum percentage of the national vote a party must receive to be allocated seats in the Knesset?

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Question 13

What is formed in a parliamentary system like Israel's when no single party receives a majority of votes and an alliance of parties must work together to form a government?

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Question 14

The Mexican federal legislature is bicameral. How many members are in its lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies?

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Question 15

Which of the following rights is explicitly mentioned in the Mexican Constitution but not typically found in the US Constitution?

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Question 16

What characterizes an 'illiberal representative regime' as described in Section 13.3?

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Question 17

In Hungary, the Fidesz party-led government created a National Media and Communications Authority with what power?

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Question 18

In Hungary, how many religious communities were designated by the government as being entitled to the guarantee of religious freedom, a move criticized as curbing religious liberty?

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Question 19

What is the ideology espoused by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India, which sees India as an inherently Hindu country?

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Question 20

How did Pakistan's blasphemy laws change in the 1980s?

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Question 21

What does the concept of 'authority' mean in the context of a governing regime?

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Question 22

A 'police state' or 'security state' is defined as a state that:

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Question 23

Which of the following describes Weber's concept of 'traditional legitimacy'?

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Question 24

A key difference between hard and soft authoritarianism is that hard authoritarian regimes:

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Question 25

The 'third wave of democratization' that began in the 1970s saw the emergence of democratically accountable governments in all of the following countries EXCEPT:

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Question 26

One potential advantage of federalism, as illustrated by the case of post-WWII West Germany, is that it:

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Question 27

What is a unicameral parliament, as exemplified by the Israeli Knesset?

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Question 28

In the Mexican Chamber of Senators, how many of the 128 total members are selected by a national ballot using proportional representation?

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Question 29

What term refers to the nonviolent refusal to comply with authorized exercises of power, as employed by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.?

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Question 30

According to the text, the contemporary government of Belarus provides an example of a regime seeking to do what?

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Question 31

What is a 'shadow government' in the context of fragile and failed states?

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Question 32

According to the text, why did the Allied powers insist that the new West German government be structured according to federalism after World War II?

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Question 33

What is the key legitimizing claim at the heart of representative regimes?

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Question 34

In the context of the Moroccan government, what is the role of the king?

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Question 35

What does the term 'power' signify in the context of government regimes?

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Question 36

What is a theocracy?

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Question 37

In the Iranian system, ultimate political authority is vested in which office?

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Question 38

What is a potential negative consequence of a unitary system of government, according to its critics?

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Question 39

What is the primary way the Moroccan monarchy seeks to legitimize its rule?

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Question 40

In North Korea's system, what is the 'Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland'?

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Question 41

The power of judges in a representative regime to strike down statutes or regulations is known as:

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Question 42

According to Section 13.3, laws regulating religious conversion passed by BJP-led state parliaments in India are viewed by human rights groups as violating what principle?

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Question 43

What term is used for the power of a president to shape public opinion, as skillfully used by Teddy Roosevelt?

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Question 44

What does a regime’s 'broad legitimacy' refer to?

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Question 45

Why do defenders of unitary governments argue their system is superior to a federal one?

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Question 46

What is political freedom, according to the definition in Section 13.3?

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Question 47

What is the key difference between a failed state and a fragile state?

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Question 48

In what way does contemporary Thailand provide an example of authoritarian influence within a technical constitutional monarchy?

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Question 49

What is the term for a system of government where power is divided between national and regional governments?

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Question 50

According to the chapter's conclusion, the existence of illiberal representative regimes in countries like Hungary, India, and Pakistan demonstrates what about representative systems?

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