Political science B domande e soluzioni con Franchino UNIMI, Prove d'esame di Scienza Politica

Scarica Political science B domande e soluzioni con Franchino UNIMI e più Prove d'esame in PDF di Scienza Politica solo su Docsity! Surname Matriculation number Name Exam Political Science (Test A), 5 April 2016 Please, write your answer on the right-hand side column : you receive 1 point for every correct answer (and 2 points for question 1, and 3 points for question 6), and -0.25 point for every wrong answer. Table: UK Election Results, one of the Brighton constituencies in 2015 Party Votes Conservative 12,448 Green Party 22,871 Independent 116 Labour 14,904 Liberal 1,525 Socialist Party 88 UKIP 2,724 Total 54,676 1. These election results are for a country using single-member district plurality rule (SMDP) to elect its candidates. Which party or parties won in this district? ANSWER _____Green Party_______________ …/2 2. What is or are the defining characteristics of a state? a. It is an entity that exists in a given territory. b. It is an entity that rules through coercion. c. It is an entity created by social contracts. d. It is an entity that rules through coercion in a given territory. …/1 3. According to the majoritarian vision of democracy, what role should citizens who hold minority preferences play in determining policy? a. They should serve as a check on the power of the majority. b. Their opinions should be a part of a consensus that determines policy. c. Citizens with minority preferences should have no role in the policy- making process. …/1 4. Veto player theory suggests that countries containing many veto players with conflicting policy preferences are likely to be characterized by: a. Greater policy stability. b. Smaller shifts in policy. c. Less variation in policy shifts. d. Weaker agenda-setting powers. e. All of the above are characteristics likely to occur in such a situation. …/1 5. Dictatorships that rely on their family and kin network to come to power and stay in power are called: a. Personalistic dictatorships b. Dominant-party dictatorships c. Military dictatorships d. Monarchies …/1 6. The game tree below is associated with the game in which you are sure that civil society is STRONG. Solve the game by backward induction. What is the outcome of the game shown in the figure? Recall that Soft-liner’s payoffs are shown first; Civil society’s payoffs are shown second. Soft-liner Open Do nothing Status quo 12, 5 Civil society Organize Enter A Broadened dictatorship 15, 10 Soft-liner Repress Democratize Full democracy 5, 20 Insurgency 1, 1 ANSWER: _______STATUS QUO________________ …/3 7. What is a constructive vote of no confidence? a. When the legislature votes to approve an incoming cabinet. b. When the no confidence vote specifies an alternative government that will be installed if the no confidence vote is successful. c. When the members of the legislative majority propose a no confidence vote. d. When the government votes to approve a new law. …/1 8. Which of the following statements is consistent with the inferences you could draw from the results shown in the Table? Dependent variable: Probability that a country will be a democracy this year if it was a dictatorship last year. Independent variables 1946–1990 1946–1990 GDP per capita 0.0001*** (0.00003) 0.0001*** (0.00003) Growth in GDP per capita –0.02*** (0.01) Oil producer –0.48** (0.24) Constant -2.30*** (0.09) –2.27*** (0.09) N 2,407 2,383 Log-likelihood –233.01 –227.27 Robust standard errors in parentheses. * greater than 90% significant; ** greater than 95% significant; *** greater than 99% significant. a. Increasing wealth increases the likelihood of a transition to democracy. b. Increasing wealth increases the likelihood of democratic survival. c. Oil-producing countries are more likely to transition to democracy. d. Economic growth increases the likelihood of democratic emergence. e. Oil production has no effect on transitions to democracy. …/1 9. Political parties do what? a. They help to structure the political world. b. They mobilize the masses. c. They recruit and socialize the political elite. d. They provide a link between the rulers and the ruled. e. All of the above. …/1 10.“If a DEMOCRACY IS WEALTHY, then it will stay a democracy.” Are the conditions shown in capital letters sufficient or necessary to produce the effects described? a. Sufficient. b. Necessary. c. Both sufficient and necessary d. Neither sufficient nor necessary …/1 11.According to Duverger’s theory, when are you likely to see many parties in a country? a. When the country uses a proportional representation electoral system. b. When the country has many politically salient cleavages and the electoral system is proportional. c. When the country has many politically salient cleavages. d. When the country has many politically salient cleavages and the electoral system is not proportional. …/1