Political Science 002 Modern World Governments Exam 3 the Final Exam Study Guide Political
Political Science 002 – Modern World Governments – Exam 3 – The Final Exam Study Guide – Political Participation, Interest Groups, Political Parties, Electoral Systems, Leadership, Political Choices, Regime Transitions
Format of the Exam:
Multiple Choice – 50 questions worth 2 points each, total of 100 points. Four choices to choose from.
What you should study per lecture.
Political Participation and Interest Groups
You should study the following from the Political Participation and Interest Groups lecture notes and the Comparative Politics book:
- What is the political elite?
- What does the power elite comprise of, according to C. Wright Mills?
- What is political participation?
- What is the argument that Samuel Huntington states about interest groups?
- In which Latin American country are citizens least likely to participate in unconventional political activities?
- What is clientelism?
- What is an attentive public?
- What are advocacy groups?
- What is corporatism?
- What is pluralism?
- What is civil society?
- What type of interest group is best represented in Russia?
Political Parties and Electoral Systems
You should study the following from the Political Parties and Electoral Systems lecture notes and the Comparative Politics book:
- What is party identification?
- What is a “two and half party system?”
- Which TIC country has a one party system?
- Which TIC country has a two and a half party system?
- What is realignment theory?
- What are redefining elections?
- The cleavage structure theory of party systems
- Mexico and the one party system in the 20th century.
- What is party organization theory?
- What is the threshold rule?
- First past the post systems and voter behavior.
- What is a single transferable vote system?
- What is a hybrid electoral system?
Leadership and Political Choices
You should study the following from the Leadership and Political Choices lecture notes and the Comparative Politics book:
- Why is studying leadership important?
- Tony Blair and the power of charisma
- What was the reason that Tony Blair lost popularity in his second term?
- India, Gandhi family, and the position of the prime minister
- Lula de Silva and his leadership experience
- Nigeria and the transition to civilian leadership
- Boris Yeltsin and becoming the president of the Russian Federation.
- Who is Iran’s Supreme Leader?
- What is rationality?
- Why was Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest in 1991 in the Soviet Union?
- What is rationality?
- What is elite learning?
Regime Transitions
You should study the following from the Regime Transitions lecture notes and the Comparative Politics book:
- What is regime transition?
- What is a democratization wave?
- The de-colonialization of Africa and Asia
- How does a reverse wave of democratization occurs?
- What is democratic consolidation?
- The development-democracy relationship
- What is a unipolar and bipolar systems?
- What are “poles” in the international system?
- What are hardliners in politics?
- Mikhail Gorbachev as a reformer.
- What are moderates?
- China and its lack of experience with democracy.