Exam 10: Executives

Queen Elizabeth is a:

In which country does the parliament use the constructive vote of no confidence?

Times of crisis can lend themselves to the formation of which extraordinary coalitions?

Which of the following is not a role of the executive?

What is a minimum size coalition?

Identify the difference between a minimum winning coalition and a minimum connected winning coalition.

Summarize Juan Linz's argument on the relative merits of presidential and parliamentary government, as well as the critique of Linz by Mainwaring and Shugart. Discuss both the theoretical and empirical bases for this critique.

Which of the following statements is true of parliamentary systems in comparison to presidential systems?

A political approach in which leaders make direct appeals to "the people" and seek to develop direct political ties with the masses is known as:

In presidential systems, the process by which a legislature determines whether an official should be removed from office is called:

An executive with a high level of partisan power would likely experience: