What are the elements of the responsible party model? How well does the American party system meet this model? To the degree that the American system does not meet the model, why is this true? Would our political system be better or worse if the American party system met the standards of the responsible party model?
What will be an ideal response?
The responsible party model requires each party to present a coherent set of programs to voters, candidates of each party to pledge to support the party platform if elected, voters to make their choices based on which party platform they approve, and each party to exercise control over elected officials to ensure they enact the party platform if in power and promote their own platform if in the opposition. An analysis of the American party system will probably lead to the conclusion that the American system does not meet any of these standards well, though the greater ideological unity of the parties in recent years has increased the tendency of party members to support the same policies
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With a death-toll of approximately 2 million, the ___________ led to the urgent clarification of sovereign rights in the Treaty of Westphalia
a. French Revolution c. World War I b. Thirty Years' War d. World War II
Why does conflict arise between the two dimensions of religious liberty?
What will be an ideal response?
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