Which of the following accurately describes an indirect democracy?
A) Regular elections allow voters to choose representatives.
B) Economic elites make decisions for the country as a whole.
C) Social elites make decisions for the country as a whole.
D) The people come together to discuss and decide on policy.
E) The judicial system creates legislation.
A
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a. ideological b. single-issue c. protest d. neutral
The process by which democracy takes root and stabilizes in a country is known as democratic ______.
A. transition B. initiation C. consolidation D. maturation
What is the difference between the simple model and the dyadic model of the democratic peace theory?
a. The simple model states that democracies are more peaceful than all other forms of government, whereas the dyadic model says that democracies are more peaceful than communist governments but less peaceful than other types of governments b. The simple model states that democracies are more peaceful in general whereas the dyadic model states only that democracies do not fight each other. c. The simple model is focused on all types of war, whereas the dyadic model is focused on only civil war. d. The simple model states that democracies are always peaceful, whereas the dyadic model states that democracies will avoid world war but may enter into war with a single opponent.
Identifying points of conflict between the different models and identifying the relevant observations in the real world that would help researchers decide between them is referred to as ______.
A. conflict testing B. critical testing C. scientific testing D. theory testing