Comparative Politics Midterm

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the comparative method? The "comparative method" is/refers to __________.

A specific way to compare cases and draw conclusions

What kind of norm or institution is the following?

World leaders are expected to demonstrate a high level of composure when dealing with each other.

Regulative Norm

According to Douglas North, an institution is

A humanly devised constraint that structures behavior

Is the following a research question, theory, or hypothesis? If inequality rises, so will civil conflict.

Hypothesis

Is the following a research question, theory, or hypothesis?

Why do military coups occur?

Research Questions

Which component of sovereignty (using Krasner's definition) does the following political entity lack? Alabama meets most of the criteria of being a sovereign state, except its authority is subordinate to the federal government.

Autonomy

Which component of sovereignty (using Krasner's definition) does the following political entity lack? Somaliland meets most of the criteria of being a sovereign state, except it has several groups inside its borders who do not accept its authority, and instead want to be part of Somalia.

Legitimacy

Which of the following helped displace feudalism by making castle walls a less powerful military technology?

Canons

The "Weberian" definition of a state is that it ...

Has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a given territory

Coordination capacity refers to the

Capability of state agents to organize collective action

Lakshmi thinks that the defining aspect of citizenship is serving one's community through being an informed voter. We could describe her view of citizenship as emphasizing:

Citizenship as a legal status

Kyle thinks that the defining aspect of citizenship is the sense of pride he feels when seeing his country's flag. We could describe his view of citizenship as emphasizing:

Citizenship as an identity

Ahmed is from Syria, but he has fled the country because of an ongoing civil war and fears that he could be harmed if he returns. He has applied for recognition as a refugee in Germany. His legal status would most accurately be described as being (a) ______

Asylum Seeker

Raymond is Yomba Shoshone (a subgroup of a US Native American Tribe) and his family's traditional homeland has been used for nuclear testing. Because of this, they no longer have safe access to areas of their homeland that are important for their traditions, including spiritual traditions. Which set of human rights does the last sentence describe being violated?

Cultural

Jus sanguinis refers to

Citizenship conferred by descent

What kind of democracy is more likely to experience a coup?

Presidential democracies

If I want to measure the impact of democracy on human rights, what is a major problem with using a measure of democracy that includes rights in its definition?

It is difficult to see the effect of democracy on rights because rights are included in the definition of democracy

Which democracy measuring project has multiple ways it conceptualizes democracy (specifically, 3 different indexes)?

Varieties of Democracy

______ tend to produce more adversarial politics.

Presidential democracies with plurality

______ tend to produce coalitional politics.

Parliamentary democracies with proportional representation

If a country is concerned about ensuring the inclusion of minority groups in politics, they should choose:

Proportional representation

According to Lijphart, which democratic systems result in, generally, higher-quality democracy?

Parliamentary democracies with proportional representation

Based on the description, what kind of regime is the following? Cuba is ruled by the Communist Party. No other parties are allowed to form. Cuba does have elections where people can vote for the party list or individual candidates, but they are all members of the Communist Party.

Single Party

Based on the description, what kind of regime is the following? Colonel Assimi Goïta took power in Mali after a coup. He leads the "National Committee for the Salvation of the People."

Military

Many (not all) authoritarian regimes have consequential elections:

Yes

Country X is authoritarian but allows the formation of multiple political parties and meaningful local elections. The regime hopes that they might triangulate where resources should be allocated to bolster their support. How might an election help with this?

Elections allow states to observe trends in voter participation and votes for the opposition, allowing them to locate places/demographics where support

A COMBAT officer and several officers of the same rank raid a weapons depot at their military base, arrest the base commander, and take over the local radiostation to announce a coup. What kind of coup does this most likely describe?

Junior officer coup

A base commander in the capital of his country ordered his soldiers to take control of strategic points in the capital and arrest the President in order to "restore order." What kind of coup does this most likely describe?

Elite officer coup

Most datasets code a civil war when there are how many battle-related deaths in a year?

1000

The following is an example of a ________ based explanation of war: "In the Sierra Leone Civil War, disputants were able to make money off of illicit diamond trade, which was facilitated by the civil conflict. Thus, there were perverse incentives to continue the conflict."

Greed/opportunity

The following is a _______ based explanation of civil war. The Syrian Civil War started after a violent crackdown on civilian protestors after the arrest and torture of several boys who had spray-painted graffiti on a wall. Because of this crackdown, members of the military defected from the regime, and several rebel organizations formed.

Grievance