Pols 2200 Exam 2 Question and answers correctly solved
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POLS 2200
Pols 2200 Exam 2 Question and answers correctly solved
Political Accountability - correct answer the ability of the citizenry, directly or indirectly, to control political leaders and institutions
Vertical Accountability - correct answer outsiders (citizens, press, journalists) checking ...
Pols 2200 Exam 2 Question and answers
correctly solved
Political Accountability - correct answer ✔the ability of the citizenry, directly
or indirectly, to control political leaders and institutions
Veto Player - correct answer ✔any individual or group that can make the
change, i.e. president, legislature, any actor whose agreement is necessary to
change the status quo, institutional or partisanmore veto players = harder to
change policy
Vote of No Confidence - correct answer ✔A process in a parliamentary
system where a majority of parliament members vote to remove the Prime
Minister from office.
Parliamentary System - correct answer ✔A system of government in which
the legislature selects the prime minister or president, a system of government
in which both executive and legislative functions reside in an elected
assembly. The head of the government must be a current member of the
legislature.
Semi-Presidential System - correct answer ✔a prime minister coexists with a
president who is directly elected by the people and who holds a significant
degree of power, decisions are made by elites wihout impact from citizens,
may be ruled by a single dictator, hereditary monarch, small group of
, aristocrats, single party, economy controlled by political elite, communism or
corporatism
Presidential System - correct answer ✔A system of government in which the
legislative and executive branches operate independently of each other.
Fusion of Powers - correct answer ✔A constitutional principle that merges
the authority of branches of government, in contrast to the principle of
separation of powers. In Britain, for example, Parliament is the supreme
legislative, executive, and judicial authority. The fusion of legislature and
executive is also expressed in the function and personnel of the cabinet.
Head of State - correct answer ✔The executive role that symbolizes and
represents the people both nationally and internationally.
Head of Government - correct answer ✔The executive role that deals with
the everyday tasks of running the state, such as formulating and executing
policy.
Judicial Review - correct answer ✔Authority given the courts to review
constitutionality of acts by the executive/state/legislature; est. in Marbury v.
Madison
Common Law - correct answer ✔A system of law based on precedent and
customs
Code Law - correct answer ✔law based on a comprehensive system of
written rules of law divided into commercial, civil, and criminal codes.
(Predominant in Europe and countries influenced by the French, German, or
Spanish systems. China, Mexico, Russia).
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