What is a 'shadow government' in the context of fragile and failed states?
Explanation
This question tests the specific definition of a 'shadow government,' a concept crucial to understanding the dynamics of state failure, as explained in Section 13.1 with the example of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Other questions
According to the text, what is the definition of a governing regime?
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?
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?
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was referred to as a 'constitutional dictator' because he:
Which of the following is NOT one of the three primary ways Max Weber argued that broad legitimacy develops?
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?
In soft authoritarianism, how do regimes typically interact with the public?
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?
What is Juche, as described in the context of North Korea?
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, what is the role of the Guardian Council?
What is the key difference between a unitary and a federal representative regime?
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?
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?
The Mexican federal legislature is bicameral. How many members are in its lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies?
Which of the following rights is explicitly mentioned in the Mexican Constitution but not typically found in the US Constitution?
What characterizes an 'illiberal representative regime' as described in Section 13.3?
In Hungary, the Fidesz party-led government created a National Media and Communications Authority with what power?
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?
What is the ideology espoused by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India, which sees India as an inherently Hindu country?
How did Pakistan's blasphemy laws change in the 1980s?
What does the concept of 'authority' mean in the context of a governing regime?
A 'police state' or 'security state' is defined as a state that:
Which of the following describes Weber's concept of 'traditional legitimacy'?
A key difference between hard and soft authoritarianism is that hard authoritarian regimes:
The 'third wave of democratization' that began in the 1970s saw the emergence of democratically accountable governments in all of the following countries EXCEPT:
One potential advantage of federalism, as illustrated by the case of post-WWII West Germany, is that it:
What is a unicameral parliament, as exemplified by the Israeli Knesset?
In the Mexican Chamber of Senators, how many of the 128 total members are selected by a national ballot using proportional representation?
What term refers to the nonviolent refusal to comply with authorized exercises of power, as employed by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.?
According to the text, the contemporary government of Belarus provides an example of a regime seeking to do what?
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?
What is the key legitimizing claim at the heart of representative regimes?
In the context of the Moroccan government, what is the role of the king?
What does the term 'power' signify in the context of government regimes?
What is a theocracy?
In the Iranian system, ultimate political authority is vested in which office?
What is a potential negative consequence of a unitary system of government, according to its critics?
What is the primary way the Moroccan monarchy seeks to legitimize its rule?
In North Korea's system, what is the 'Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland'?
The power of judges in a representative regime to strike down statutes or regulations is known as:
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?
What term is used for the power of a president to shape public opinion, as skillfully used by Teddy Roosevelt?
What does a regime’s 'broad legitimacy' refer to?
Why do defenders of unitary governments argue their system is superior to a federal one?
What is political freedom, according to the definition in Section 13.3?
What is the key difference between a failed state and a fragile state?
In what way does contemporary Thailand provide an example of authoritarian influence within a technical constitutional monarchy?
What is the term for a system of government where power is divided between national and regional governments?
According to the chapter's conclusion, the existence of illiberal representative regimes in countries like Hungary, India, and Pakistan demonstrates what about representative systems?