Deck 1: The Relevance of Comparative Politics

Question 1

A large part of human misery in the world can be explained by the fact that a majority of the world's population live under dysfunctional political institutions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Human well-being of citizens mainly depends on

A) political and legal institutions.
B) technical solutions to problems such as lack of clean water.
C) government effectiveness.
D) administrative capacity.

Answer 2

A,C,D

Question 3

Most corruption occurs in the implementation of _____________ and varies in scale and scope.

A) public policies
B) private policies
C) illegal party financing
D) the annual Budget Statement and Finance Bill

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Because India is a democracy, the quality of life of the population in India is significantly better than in China.
B) The correlation between human wellbeing and the level of democracy is higher than the correlation between human wellbeing and government effectiveness.
C) Without substantial administrative capacity, the life situation of citizens will not improve under democracy.

Question 5

Corruption has no effect on different measures of population health when controlling for economic prosperity and democracy.

Question 6

Whats the type of institution with its institutional variations.

Question 7

Which of the following authors has proposed the 'capability approach'?

A) Robert Putnam
B) Amartya Sen
C) March and Olsen
D) Douglass C. North

Question 8

Variables that have the strongest effects in ___________ may be of little relevance for the improvement of human well-being if they cannot be changed.

Question 9

The quality of the legal system and the public administration are outputs of a political system.

Question 10

Democracy

A) is not important for political legitimacy.
B) is the most important factor behind people's perception of political legitimacy.
C) may improve the life situation of citizens if corruption is controlled.
D) generally leads to increased political corruption through vote buying and illegal party financing.

Question 11

Social trust

A) is the degree to which people perceive that 'most people' can be trusted.
B) may be influenced by the quality and design of formal institutions.
C) is strongly correlated with a country's level of corruption.
D) is systematically and negatively correlated with many measures of human well-being.