Governing Regimes
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According to the text, what is the definition of a governing regime?
View answer and explanationWhat 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?
View answer and explanationUnder 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?
View answer and explanationPhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos was referred to as a 'constitutional dictator' because he:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the three primary ways Max Weber argued that broad legitimacy develops?
View answer and explanationWhat 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?
View answer and explanationIn soft authoritarianism, how do regimes typically interact with the public?
View answer and explanationWhich 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is Juche, as described in the context of North Korea?
View answer and explanationIn the Islamic Republic of Iran, what is the role of the Guardian Council?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between a unitary and a federal representative regime?
View answer and explanationIn Israel's parliamentary system, what is the minimum percentage of the national vote a party must receive to be allocated seats in the Knesset?
View answer and explanationWhat 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?
View answer and explanationThe Mexican federal legislature is bicameral. How many members are in its lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following rights is explicitly mentioned in the Mexican Constitution but not typically found in the US Constitution?
View answer and explanationWhat characterizes an 'illiberal representative regime' as described in Section 13.3?
View answer and explanationIn Hungary, the Fidesz party-led government created a National Media and Communications Authority with what power?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is the ideology espoused by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India, which sees India as an inherently Hindu country?
View answer and explanationHow did Pakistan's blasphemy laws change in the 1980s?
View answer and explanationWhat does the concept of 'authority' mean in the context of a governing regime?
View answer and explanationA 'police state' or 'security state' is defined as a state that:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following describes Weber's concept of 'traditional legitimacy'?
View answer and explanationA key difference between hard and soft authoritarianism is that hard authoritarian regimes:
View answer and explanationThe 'third wave of democratization' that began in the 1970s saw the emergence of democratically accountable governments in all of the following countries EXCEPT:
View answer and explanationOne potential advantage of federalism, as illustrated by the case of post-WWII West Germany, is that it:
View answer and explanationWhat is a unicameral parliament, as exemplified by the Israeli Knesset?
View answer and explanationIn the Mexican Chamber of Senators, how many of the 128 total members are selected by a national ballot using proportional representation?
View answer and explanationWhat term refers to the nonviolent refusal to comply with authorized exercises of power, as employed by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, the contemporary government of Belarus provides an example of a regime seeking to do what?
View answer and explanationWhat is a 'shadow government' in the context of fragile and failed states?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, why did the Allied powers insist that the new West German government be structured according to federalism after World War II?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key legitimizing claim at the heart of representative regimes?
View answer and explanationIn the context of the Moroccan government, what is the role of the king?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'power' signify in the context of government regimes?
View answer and explanationWhat is a theocracy?
View answer and explanationIn the Iranian system, ultimate political authority is vested in which office?
View answer and explanationWhat is a potential negative consequence of a unitary system of government, according to its critics?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary way the Moroccan monarchy seeks to legitimize its rule?
View answer and explanationIn North Korea's system, what is the 'Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland'?
View answer and explanationThe power of judges in a representative regime to strike down statutes or regulations is known as:
View answer and explanationAccording 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?
View answer and explanationWhat term is used for the power of a president to shape public opinion, as skillfully used by Teddy Roosevelt?
View answer and explanationWhat does a regime’s 'broad legitimacy' refer to?
View answer and explanationWhy do defenders of unitary governments argue their system is superior to a federal one?
View answer and explanationWhat is political freedom, according to the definition in Section 13.3?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between a failed state and a fragile state?
View answer and explanationIn what way does contemporary Thailand provide an example of authoritarian influence within a technical constitutional monarchy?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for a system of government where power is divided between national and regional governments?
View answer and explanationAccording 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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