The term coalitional presidentialism refers to
a. a strategy whereby the Brazilian president appoints seats in his/her cabinet to leaders of other parties in order to maintain a majority alliance in congress.
b. the notion, not upheld in Brazil, that for parties to be successful at the national level in presidential systems, they must build a coalition between different societal
interests.
c. the idea that Brazilian presidents represent a coalition of different factions within his/her party.
d. the fact that Brazil is a multiparty democracy.
e. the idea that the Brazilian president must appeal to a coalition of different societal interests in order to be successful.
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In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson reiterated John Locke ’s theory of social contract that
A) the power of the king was supreme, as he was born with a God-given right to rule over society
B) whenever government fails in its duty to secure rights, the people have the right to "alter" or "abolish" it.
C) The King and Parliament were the provider of rights to the colonial citizens.
D) citizens are naturally born into an unequal state.
E) Parliament rightly held veto power over the Continental Congress.
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a. Myanmar (Burma) b. Vietnam c. Malaysia d. Indonesia
The modern institutional presidency arose in part from __________
a. the social strife arising from the civil rights movement b. the economic and social turmoil of the Great Depression c. the demands of managing a modern army during World War I d. the rise and importance of television as a mechanism that brought the president into the living rooms of American citizens
What are the five characteristics of “perfect” administration?
What will be an ideal response?