Deck 13: Party Systems

Question 1

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

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.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

Answer 2

a. The centre-periphery cleavage = Regionalist parties
b. The rural-urban cleavage = Agrarian parties
c. The state-church cleavage = Conservative parties
d. The workers-employers cleavage = Social democratic parties

Question 3

From which cleavage did the left-right alignment emerge?

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.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is true? Please select all that apply.

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 5

What does the freezing-hypothesis say?

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 21^st century.
D) The size of the dominant parties remained surprisingly stable since the 1920.

Question 6

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

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 7

Whats the cases to their type of party system.

Question 8

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

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

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

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.

Question 10

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

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.