Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most economists and political scientists would be comfortable making the claim that having institutions protecting property rights is crucial for promoting economic growth. Where they might argue, however, is if and how property rights are related to regime type.
2. Empirically, we do not see cases of contries that score high on the rule of law index but low on an index of electoral rights.
3. According to recent studies of attempts to externally impose democracy on a country by using military force, there is very little evidence, if any, to support the claim that such intervention increases the level of democracy in the target countries.
4. Some politicians like to refer to cases in which the United States intervened successfully in order to establish democracy; Japan and West Germany after WWII are the favorite examples. However, according to the recent empirical research discussed in Chapter 8 (on democratic transitions), evidence shows that although attempts at the external imposition of democracy may promote some democratic-seeming reforms in the short run, they ultimately produce political instability in the target countries and are unlikely to lead to a stable democracy.
5. The introduction of elections, legislatures, and parties in many dictatorships around the world is a sign that these countries are definitely moving toward democracy.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
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