PSPA 201 Final, Fall 2007

I- Answer only six of the following questions: (12 points each) 1) Compare and contrast the features of a federal and a central political unit. 2) What are the three types of capitalism identified in the modern world? Compare and contrast at least two of them. 3) Define Globalization and explain its effects on our lives. 4) What are the main functions of elections? Illustrate at least five of them. 5) Amongst different varieties of classification for political parties, discuss at least two. 6) How many types of authority did Max Weber identify? Describe briefly. 7) What are the major party systems found in modern politics? Define each system. II. Define the term: (3 points each) -Détente -Bipolarism -Charisma III- True – False Questions: (1 point each) 1- All modern states are divided on a territorial basis between central and peripheral institutions. False True 2- The two most common forms of territorial organization found in the modern world are the central and the unitary system. False True 3- Constitutional arbiter is one of the features of federalism. False True 4- Federal government alone can manage economic life and deliver comprehensive social welfare. False True 5- Internal bias is derived from the influence that political bodies, such as parties, the assembly and government, are able to exert on the judiciary. False True 6- Perestroika is the five years economic plan (1985-1990) in the former USSR. False True 7- Collective capitalism is widely seen in the Anglo-American world. False True 8- Enterprise capitalism is also called pure capitalism. False True 9- Globalization has promoted marketization in many different ways. False True 10- Building legitimacy is one of the reasons why authoritarian regimes hold elections. False True 11- Mass parties are also considered anticonstitutional parties. False True 12- Convention is a rule of conduct or behavior based on law and not custom and precedent. False True 13- Legislatures make law, executives implement law and Judiciaries interpret law. False True 14- Judges may be political in more than one sense. False True 15- Parties seen as part of “the Left” are characterized by a commitment to change, in the form of either social reform or economic transformation. False True 16- Marketization is the extension of market relationships, based on commercial exchange and material self-interest. False True 17- When crises break at in either domestic or international politics, it is the legislative that responds. False True 18- Parties thought to constitute “the Right” generally uphold the existing social order and are a force of continuity. False True 19- An overwhelming number of states possess unwritten constitutions that lay down major constitutional provisions. False True