Exam 3: France

France's high rates of unemployment can be partially attributed to __________.

France has single-member districts with a one-round electoral system.

French prime ministers are more powerful __________.

Who led the French resistance to the Vichy regime and also designed the Fifth Republic?

France's first stable democracy was the __________.

The French thinker __________ influenced the French Revolution by arguing that a general will exists. Once it is discovered, the people can be "forced to be free."

The Catholic Church was disadvantaged by the French Revolution, which resulted in the clerical-anticlerical split that can still be found in French political culture.

Which of the following is most consistent with attitudes central to French political culture?

The current French National Assembly has its origins in the pre-Revolution Third Estate that represented the masses.

Implementing a first past the post electoral system would minimize the chance that an extremist candidate might make a viable showing in French presidential election.

The French economic system is __________.

Discuss at least three causes of the French Revolution. Which of these do you think had the biggest impact on the Revolution? Explain.

Which philosopher expressed the French tendency toward privatism by saying, "Hell is other people"?

French statism stunted the development of a voluntary, do-it-yourself attitude, which has led to French citizens placing responsibility for nearly everything in the hands of the central government.

Some oppose shaping the EU into a full federation for fear that it will jeopardize France's __________.

Which of the following contributed to the French Revolution?

What type of party system does France have? Discuss the number of effective parties, how they coordinate with one another, when they coordinate with one another, and why they coordinate with one another. What is responsible for this particular party system? What implications does the party system have on French politics?

French National Assembly elections are conducted using what type of electoral system?

Which French party is the most anti-immigrant, going so far as to advocate deportation of Muslims?

Which of the following best characterizes French labor unions?