Executives, Cabinets, and Bureaucracies

How are democratic regimes typically classified into three categories?

In a parliamentary regime, who selects the head of government?

What is populism as described in the context of presidential regimes?

What are the rules regarding presidential term limits in Argentina as described in the text?

What is a 'bully pulpit' in the context of presidential powers?

How is a government typically formed in a parliamentary regime if no single party wins a majority of seats?

What is a confidence vote in a parliamentary regime?

According to the hypothesis by Juan Linz, which type of regime is generally more stable in terms of constitutional continuity?

What is political gridlock?

In a semi-presidential regime, how are the president and prime minister typically selected?

What does the term 'cohabitation' refer to in the context of the French semi-presidential system?

What is the primary role of a president's cabinet in the United States, as described in the text?

How does the selection and background of cabinet members differ between presidential and parliamentary regimes?

Which of the following is NOT one of Max Weber's six identified characteristics of a bureaucracy?

What is the 'spoils system' of filling bureaucratic positions?

What piece of legislation created the civil service system in the United States, moving away from the spoils system?

What is the concept of an 'iron triangle' in the context of bureaucracy and policy-making?

How do 'issue networks' differ from 'iron triangles'?

In the summer 2020 Global Attitudes survey by Pew Research, what percentage of Germans reported that their country had 'done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak'?

What is the concept of 'neutral competence' in a bureaucracy?

According to Figure 10.12, which recent US president pulled the lowest percentage of their cabinet members from those with a government background?

What is the primary difference in policy-making power between a prime minister and a president?

Why do third parties tend to be more viable in parliamentary regimes compared to presidential regimes?

According to the data from Freedom House presented in Figure 10.9, which type of democratic regime has the highest mean global freedom score?

What does Max Weber's characteristic of 'impersonality' mean for a bureaucracy?

What is the primary function of the Federal Register in the United States?

What is the role of a 'street-level' bureaucrat?

According to presidential scholar Richard Neustadt, what is a president's greatest power?

How did President Jair Bolsonaro's declining poll numbers in 2021 affect his persuasive power regarding the coronavirus vaccine in Brazil?

In a presidential regime, how is the role of head of state typically handled?

What is the primary role of cabinet members in a parliamentary regime, such as the relationship between the prime minister and cabinet in the UK?

What is meant by the 'personalization' of chief executives in parliamentary regimes?

Which of Max Weber's bureaucratic characteristics is defined as a chain of command where officials at the top have authority over those below them?

What does the term 'kitchen cabinet' refer to?

According to the text, why might presidential regimes be considered 'incubators for populism'?

In the context of government stability discussed in Section 10.4, what does 'stability' primarily refer to?

According to Figure 10.10, what percentage of parliamentary countries are categorized as 'Free' by Freedom House?

In presidential regimes, formal powers of the executive, such as the veto power, are derived from what source?

What does the text suggest is a primary disadvantage of a parliamentary regime?

How many executive departments are there in the United States, whose heads form the majority of the president's cabinet?

What did the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881 lead to?

Of the 19 countries defined as 'not free' by Freedom House, how many are parliamentary regimes?

What characteristic of a bureaucracy involves maintaining files and records accurately and precisely?

In the 2016 US presidential election, what percentage of Republicans indicated that neither of the major-party candidates would make a good president?

What is the relationship between the bureaucracy and the executive and legislative branches described as the 'prodigal child' analogy?

Which statement accurately describes the stability of coalition governments compared to majority governments in parliamentary systems?

What is a key advantage of a presidential system listed in Table 10.3?

In the example of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, what was the purpose of the new regulations proposed by the bureau in 2011?

How long did it take Nouri al Maliki of Iraq to form a coalition government in 2010?

In which type of regime is the head of government selected by the legislature and serves for a non-fixed term, while also being responsible to the legislature?