What are some political circumstances that face postrevolutionary governments?
What will be an ideal response?
“The entire regime and sometimes the social structure have been overthrown, so new ones must be created. Many revolutions are at least partly violent and the new regime must recreate the state’s monopoly on the use of force. Postrevolutionary societies are almost by definition deeply divided along ideological lines; the new leadership is committed to a particular ideological blueprint of what the new regime a should look like, while many followers do not fully share this commitment.”
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is a widely recognized flaw in the federal bureaucracy?
a. duplication and overlap among programs b. the small size of the executive branch c. the high degree of turnover in government jobs d. the lack of transparency in rule-making
Which of the following statements about school prayer is accurate?
A. The Supreme Court ruled that school prayer was constitutional in Engel v. Vitale (1962). B. Congress passed a constitutional amendment allowing school prayer, but not enough states ratified the amendment within the 7-year ratification window. C. This issue is an exception to the rule that Supreme Court decisions do not stray very far beyond majority opinion. D. Most of the states accepted Supreme Court rulings and complied with them.
Which of the following explanations for the Brazilian military coup can be directly linked to the Brazilian military’s National Security Doctrine?
a. Brazil could no longer advance economically so the military had to intervene. b. The government was a direct threat to the autonomy of the military. c. The Brazilian government was corrupt and so the military had to intervene to restore order. d. The country as a whole did not value nonmilitary means of transferring power.
Of the following presidents, who sought to improve U.S. trade competitiveness through geoeconomics?
a. George H. W. Bush b. Bill Clinton c. George W. Bush d. Ronald Reagan