Political Science Quiz

Which of the following institutions has tended, historically, to encourage moderation of the Hindu-Muslim cleavage?

• Presidentialism

• consociationalism

• proportional representation

• Federalism along linguistic lines

Samuel Huntington argued that the world could be divided into eight major "civilizations" based largely on

• ideology

• language group

• race

• religion

Explicit power sharing between specific ethnic groups which provides each with some amount of power in the central government is called

• managed democracy

• centripetalism

• federalism

• consociationalism

Laicite refers to

• the right of a group to partially govern itself within a larger state

• advocating for the right to exist as a separate state

• advocating that religion should play no part in the public realm

• having an official state religion

Primordialism rejects the idea that

• cultural beliefs are the basis of more or less immutable identities

• conflict between groups is inevitable

• strong group identities are natural

• identities are constructed by multiple actors

Instrumentalism implies that

• identity cleavages are more politically salient when elites mobilize them

• identities are more politically salient when they involve land

• identities are deeply embedded in the human psyche

• identities are most politically salient when they involve religion

On which of the following ideas would fascism and socialism most likely agree?

• the leading role of the state in most aspects of human life

• state ownership of the means of production

• the rejection of rationality

• the importance of class conflict

One example of a long-standing electoral authoritarian regime would be

• Nazi Germany

• Mexico under the PRI

• the Soviet Union

• India after 1991

Which of the following is essential to liberal democracy?

• all of the above

• separation of powers

• meaningful competition

• extensive government services to ensure equality of opportunity

What is the best way to distinguish between electoral authoritarianism and liberal democracy?

• the frequency of elections

• the legitimacy of the government

• the fairness of elections

• rates of voting/abstention