Chapter 5

Which of the following branches of government MUST exist in a modern state? Question options: the judiciary the legislative the executive the public sector

The executive

The central government has sole constitutional sovereignty and power in ______ systems. Question options: unitary federal code law authoritarian

Unitary

A state with a large bureaucracy will most likely also have a strong ______. Question options: judiciary legislature executive citizenry

Executive

In a parliamentary system, a vote of no confidence ______. Question options: forces new national elections dissolves the legislature forces the prime minister to resign is less likely in a coalition government

forces the prime minister to resign

Vertical accountability refers to the ability of ______. Question options: state officials to hold citizens accountable the legislature to hold the executive accountable state institutions to hold each other accountable individuals and groups to hold state institutions accountable

individuals and groups to hold state institutions accountable

"Cohabitation" in the French semipresidential system refers to ______. Question options: having two executives: a president and a prime minister a cabinet with representatives of different political parties instances in which the president and prime minister are from different parties the embedding of national political systems in an international system

instances in which the president and prime minister are from different parties

In a parliamentary system, the head of government is not only the executive but also the ______. Question options: country's symbolic leader primary nonpartisan figure in government leader of the majority in the legislature chief justice of the court

leader of the majority in the legislature

Usually, it is easier to amend the constitution of ______. Question options: unitary democracies consensus democracies majoritarian democracies federal democracies

majoritarian democracies

Horizontal accountability refers to the ability of ______. Question options: one state to hold another state accountable state institutions to hold each other accountable individuals and groups to hold state institutions accountable state officials to hold citizens accountable

state institutions to hold each other accountable

In majoritarian democracies, ______. Question options: there is executive dominance over the legislature there is balance between the executive and the legislature there is legislative dominance over the legislature coalition governments create stability between the executive and the legislature

there is executive dominance over the legislature