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Chapter 12 Multiple Choice Questions
Political Parties
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Which of the following criticisms of political parties are part of what Carothers calls 'the standard lament' about them?
Parties are corrupt and self-interested.
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Parties are only active at election time when they want your vote.
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Parties spend too much time squabbling.
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All of the above.
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According to Lipset and Rokkan, what part of the world are 'frozen' party systems typically associated with?
Scandinavia
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Western Europe
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Russia
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Asia
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Where might you find a predominant party system?
Sweden
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Thailand
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Russia
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Australia
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According to Aldrich, which is the third dimension of party activity apart from party-in-government and party-in-the-electorate?
The party's external organization
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The party's internal organization
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Party-in-the-office
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Party bureaucracy
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It can be argued that it is irrational to join a political party because...
they don't have any principles.
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the costs of active membership outweigh the likely benefits.
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only middle-aged, middle-class men ever get elected.
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parties only ever do anything at election time.
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Parties emerged within the US Congress because...
the media wanted to simplify political coverage by grouping politicians under different labels.
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congressmen lacked the moral courage to fight elections as independents.
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it proved too time-consuming to have to build coalitions from scratch in order to support or oppose every piece of legislation.
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socialist members of the working class established a party of their own to fight the power of the bourgeoisie.
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What are 'catch-all' parties?
Organizations which seek to establish one-party states.
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Organizations which have no constructive policies and just try to catch out their opponents when they make mistakes.
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Organizations which try to maximize support by offering policies which avoid ideological controversy and appeal to the 'median voter'.
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All of the above.
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The party system in any state is usually affected by...
the electoral system.
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economic cleavages in society.
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the constitution.
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All of the above.
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Which of the following is a key justification of state funding for political parties?
The party leaders deserve to live in guaranteed comfort.
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It will ensure the survival of long-established parties.
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It should reduce the dependence of parties on rich politicians with vested interests.
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It should reduce the dependence of parties on rich donors with vested interests.
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Recently there has been a trend for parties in long-established liberal democracies to...
increase their rank and file membership.
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prefer ideological purity to office-holding.
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choose more mature, experienced leaders regardless of their media images.
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become more 'professionalized' and 'candidate-centred'.
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