Question 1

Your text argues that constitutional vagueness can be a virtue in promoting long-term viability in a political system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is the connection between constitutions and guarantees of rights/rule of law? Does it vary? Why?

Accepted Answer

The connection between constitutions and

Question 3

Federal states:

Accepted Answer

A)  make up the majority of the world's states 
B)  have a disproportionately large percentage of the world's population 
C)  are found in North America and western Europe and nowhere else 
D)  are rarely democratic 
E)  often have no real central government at all 
A)  make up the majority of the world's states 
B)  have a disproportionately large percentage of the world's population 
C)  are found in North America and western Europe and nowhere else 
D)  are rarely democratic 
E)  often have no real central government at all

Question 4

What are the key differences between federal and unitary states?

Accepted Answer

Federal and unitary states differ in the

Question 5

If a constitution neglects to include an inventory of individual rights and a guarantee of those rights, it is not democratic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Your text argues that constitutional vagueness can be a virtue in promoting long-term viability in a political system.

What is the connection between constitutions and guarantees of rights/rule of law? Does it vary? Why?

Federal states:

What are the key differences between federal and unitary states?

If a constitution neglects to include an inventory of individual rights and a guarantee of those rights, it is not democratic.

Politics: Setting the Stage

Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

The Modern State

Policies of the State

Economic Policy of the State

What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Effectiveness

Democracies and Authoritarian Systems

Political Culture and Political Socialization

Elections

Parties: a Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics

Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

Social Movements and Contentious Politics

National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government

National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government

Bureaucracy and the Public Sector

Law and the Courts

Global Politics: Politics Among States and Others

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Exam 9: Constitutions and the Design of Government

Your text argues that constitutional vagueness can be a virtue in promoting long-term viability in a political system.

What is the connection between constitutions and guarantees of rights/rule of law? Does it vary? Why?

Federal states:

What are the key differences between federal and unitary states?

If a constitution neglects to include an inventory of individual rights and a guarantee of those rights, it is not democratic.

Politics: Setting the Stage

Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

The Modern State

Policies of the State

Economic Policy of the State

What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Effectiveness

Democracies and Authoritarian Systems

Political Culture and Political Socialization

Elections

Parties: a Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics

Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

Social Movements and Contentious Politics

National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government

National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government

Bureaucracy and the Public Sector

Law and the Courts

Global Politics: Politics Among States and Others

Filters