Political Institutions

This is the leadership or elite in charge of running the state:

• Regime

• Government

• Bureaucracy

• Executive

Asymmetric federalism refers to:

• the constitutional provision that allows the federal legislature to overturn regional laws.

• the principle that federal law takes precedence over regional law.

• a situation in which some subnational governments have greater or lesser power than others.

• the constitutional provision that allows central governments to replace governing institutions within subnational governments

Having only the ability and right to make others do what you would have them do means that you have:

• legitimacy and authority, but not power

• power and authority, but not legitimacy

• power and legitimacy, but not authority

• authority and capacity, but not power

A defining characteristic of all states is their power to

• hold a monopoly over the legitimate means of force

• draft and adopt constitutions

• provide education and other social expenditures to their citizens

• schedule elections are regular intervals

An apparent association between factors or variable is a

• causal relationship

• correlation

• dependent variable

• normative influence

Which of the following is NOT an example of a formal political institution?

• the Mexican Chamber of Deputies

• the mafia in St. Petersburg

• the Iranian Guardian Council

• the office of the Prime Minister in the United Kingdom

Competitive elections, civil liberties, rule of law, judicial independence, and open civil society are all characteristics of:

• procedural democracies

• free-market economies

• presidential systems

• liberal democracies

Which type of legitimacy depends on ideas embodied by an individual leader?

• traditional legitimacy

• charismatic legitimacy

• coercive legitimacy

• rational-legal legitimacy

States with the ability to carry out actions or policies without interference from international actors and the public are:

• high capacity states

• legitimate

• highly autonomous states

• autocratic

Which of the following is a political attitude towards change that is most supportive of reform and gradual change?

• radicalism

• liberalism

• communism

• conservatism