Question 1

According to Lipset/Rokkan, which two cleavages emerged as a result of the National Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  The centre-periphery and state-church cleavage. 
B)  The centre-periphery and the rural-urban cleavage. 
C)  The centre-periphery and the workers-employers cleavage. 
D)  The rural-urban and the workers-employers cleavage. 
A)  The centre-periphery and state-church cleavage. 
B)  The centre-periphery and the rural-urban cleavage. 
C)  The centre-periphery and the workers-employers cleavage. 
D)  The rural-urban and the workers-employers cleavage. A

Question 2

What do rational-choice models assume? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic models can be applied to political science. 
B)  Actors behave rationally, self-interested and minimize information costs. 
C)  Parties have no policy preference. 
D)  Voters have no policy preference. 
A)  Economic models can be applied to political science. 
B)  Actors behave rationally, self-interested and minimize information costs. 
C)  Parties have no policy preference. 
D)  Voters have no policy preference. A,B,C

Question 3

From which cleavage did the left-right alignment emerge?

Accepted Answer

A)  From the workers-employers cleavage. 
B)  From the rural-urban cleavage. 
C)  From the centre-periphery cleavage. 
D)  From the materialism-post-materialism cleavage. 
A)  From the workers-employers cleavage. 
B)  From the rural-urban cleavage. 
C)  From the centre-periphery cleavage. 
D)  From the materialism-post-materialism cleavage. A

Question 4

Whats the cases to their type of party system.

Accepted Answer

a. Dominant party system = Sou

Question 5

What is true for the influence of the electoral system on the party system? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  A majority system tends to result in a two-party system. 
B)  A majority system will not necessarily lead to a two-party system if strong local minority parties exist. 
C)  A PR system tends to over-represent small parties and to under-represent small parties. 
D)  In majority systems, the psychological effects of the electoral system induces voters to vote strategically and parties to merge. 
A)  A majority system tends to result in a two-party system. 
B)  A majority system will not necessarily lead to a two-party system if strong local minority parties exist. 
C)  A PR system tends to over-represent small parties and to under-represent small parties. 
D)  In majority systems, the psychological effects of the electoral system induces voters to vote strategically and parties to merge.

Question 6

Which is true? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  The materialism-post-materialism cleavage had a major impact on the existing party-system. 
B)  Cleavages can be classified according to two dimensions: Territorial and functional. 
C)  Communist parties emerged from a cleavage within the workers-movement. 
D)  The designative feature of the globalization cleavage is the emergence of right-winged neo-populist parties. 
A)  The materialism-post-materialism cleavage had a major impact on the existing party-system. 
B)  Cleavages can be classified according to two dimensions: Territorial and functional. 
C)  Communist parties emerged from a cleavage within the workers-movement. 
D)  The designative feature of the globalization cleavage is the emergence of right-winged neo-populist parties.

Question 7

Whats the cleavages to the type of party that emerged from them.

Accepted Answer

a. The centre-periphery cleavage = Regio

Question 8

What does a Gallagher's Index value = 100 imply? [√1/2 x Σ(vi-si)2]

Accepted Answer

A)  One party without any votes owns all seats. 
B)  For each party the % of votes equals the % of seats. 
C)  One party holds all the seats in parliament. 
D)  One party with 100% of votes owns no seat. 
A)  One party without any votes owns all seats. 
B)  For each party the % of votes equals the % of seats. 
C)  One party holds all the seats in parliament. 
D)  One party with 100% of votes owns no seat.

Question 9

What does the freezing-hypothesis say?

Accepted Answer

A)  Party systems did not dramatically change since the 1920s. 
B)  Cleavage structures have been remarkably stable since the 1920s. 
C)  No new cleavages will become important in the 21st century. 
D)  The size of the dominant parties remained surprisingly stable since the 1920. 
A)  Party systems did not dramatically change since the 1920s. 
B)  Cleavage structures have been remarkably stable since the 1920s. 
C)  No new cleavages will become important in the 21st century. 
D)  The size of the dominant parties remained surprisingly stable since the 1920.

Question 10

Which assumptions does Down's model make? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Voters preferences are one-dimensional. 
B)  Voters vote strategically. 
C)  Parties will always converge to the centre and aim to win the 'median' voter. 
D)  Voters are distributed equally along the left-right dimension. 
A)  Voters preferences are one-dimensional. 
B)  Voters vote strategically. 
C)  Parties will always converge to the centre and aim to win the 'median' voter. 
D)  Voters are distributed equally along the left-right dimension.

According to Lipset/Rokkan, which two cleavages emerged as a result of the National Revolution?

What do rational-choice models assume? Please select all that apply.

From which cleavage did the left-right alignment emerge?

Whats the cases to their type of party system.

What is true for the influence of the electoral system on the party system? Please select all that apply.

Which is true? Please select all that apply.

Whats the cleavages to the type of party that emerged from them.

What does a Gallagher's Index value = 100 imply? [√1/2 x Σ(v_i-s_i)²]

What does the freezing-hypothesis say?

Which assumptions does Down's model make? Please select all that apply.

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Exam 13: Party Systems

According to Lipset/Rokkan, which two cleavages emerged as a result of the National Revolution?

What do rational-choice models assume? Please select all that apply.

From which cleavage did the left-right alignment emerge?

Whats the cases to their type of party system.

What is true for the influence of the electoral system on the party system? Please select all that apply.

Which is true? Please select all that apply.

Whats the cleavages to the type of party that emerged from them.

What does a Gallagher's Index value = 100 imply? [√1/2 x Σ(vi-si)2]

What does the freezing-hypothesis say?

Which assumptions does Down's model make? Please select all that apply.

The Relevance of Comparative Politics

Approaches in Comparative Politics

Comparative Research Methods

The Nation-State

Democracies

Authoritarian Regimes

Legislatures

Governments and Bureaucracies

Constitutions, Rights, and Judicial Power

Elections and Referendums

Multilevel Governance

Political Parties

Interest Groups

Regions

Social Movements

Political Culture

Political Participation

Political Communication

Policy-Making

The Welfare State

The Impact of Public Policies

The Eu As a New Political Systempolitics: the Missing Link

Globalization and the Nation-State

From Supporting Democracy to Supporting Autocracy

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What does a Gallagher's Index value = 100 imply? [√1/2 x Σ(v_i-s_i)²]