PLSC Comparative Politics Chapter 12-16
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Parliamentary democracies never have presidents. - answer False
If a country has a monarch as the head of state, then it cannot be a democracy. - answer
False
If the opposition in the legislature proposes a vote on whether or not the current
government should stay in power, then this is an example of: - answer A no confidence
vote
If an incoming government must face a formal vote before it can officially take office,
this is referred to as: - answer An investiture vote
Look at Table 12.13 in the textbook with results from the 2016 legislative elections in
South Korea. Based on the results in Table 12.13, from which party would you expect
the formateur to come if South Korea were a parliamentary democracy? - answer MPK
Consider Table 12.13 again and note that South Korea is in fact a presidential
democracy. In the 2012 presidential elections, Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri Party (SP)
was elected president, and following the 2016 legislative elections, she still had nearly
two years left in her term. Based on this new information, from which party would you
now expect the formateur to come? - answer SP
Votes of no confidence do not exist in presidential systems. - answer True
If the government needs the support of a majority of members of the legislature to
remain in office, then we can say that the democracy must be: - answer Parliamentary or
Semi-Presidential
Read the following excerpt from a 1994 New York Times article: "After a two-day delay
because of intense infighting, Tsutomu Hata was appointed Japan's 51st Prime Minister
this morning by Emperor Akihito in a brief ceremony at the Imperial Palace, but he
appears likely to head a weak and perhaps short-lived coalition Government. Mr. Hata
has tried but failed so far to mend his conservative party's rift with the Socialists, who
quit the governing coalition in anger early Tuesday morning, depriving it of its majority
in Parliament. The Socialists were furious after the conservative parties in the coalition,
including Mr. Hata's, hastily joined together to resist any leftward turn in the
, Government's economic or security policies." (New York Times, 4/28/92).
Based on this information, is Japan a parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential
democracy? - answer Parliamentary
Based on the excerpt from the New York Times provided in the previous question, what
kind of government did Prime Minister Hata have? - answer Minority Coalition
Minority governments in parliamentary regimes must have the implicit support of a
majority of members of the legislature to stay in office. - answer True
Minority governments in presidential regimes must have the implicit support of a
majority of members of the legislature to stay in office. - answer False
Coalition cabinets occur only in parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies; they
do not occur in presidential ones. - answer False
In democracies with votes of no confidence procedures, formateurs have a stronger
incentive to build governments that have majority legislative support than is the case in
democracies without votes of no confidence. - answer True
Cohabitation is when: - answer A president is from one party/bloc and the prime minister
is from a different party/bloc.
Here is a link to an article in the BBC on February 13, 2020, about the Irish General
election. (It contains a link to another piece with profiles of the main Irish parties as
well.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51489261 (Links to an external site.)
Once you've read this article for a bit of context on the Irish party system and the 2020
election results, go to this government formation simulation and experiment with
different government options.
https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/coalition-builder#/ (Links to an external site.)
Now - what government do you think should have formed and why? Make sure to also
indicate what type of government your proposed government is i.e. minimal winning,
single-party minority, surplus, etc. - answer Got 20 out of 30
I believe that the surplus majority coalition with 3 different parties was the correct way
to go in this case. These parties got total votes of 38, 37, and 35, while technically they
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Parliamentary democracies never have presidents. - answer False
If a country has a monarch as the head of state, then it cannot be a democracy. - answer
False
If the opposition in the legislature proposes a vote on whether or not the current
government should stay in power, then this is an example of: - answer A no confidence
vote
If an incoming government must face a formal vote before it can officially take office,
this is referred to as: - answer An investiture vote
Look at Table 12.13 in the textbook with results from the 2016 legislative elections in
South Korea. Based on the results in Table 12.13, from which party would you expect
the formateur to come if South Korea were a parliamentary democracy? - answer MPK
Consider Table 12.13 again and note that South Korea is in fact a presidential
democracy. In the 2012 presidential elections, Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri Party (SP)
was elected president, and following the 2016 legislative elections, she still had nearly
two years left in her term. Based on this new information, from which party would you
now expect the formateur to come? - answer SP
Votes of no confidence do not exist in presidential systems. - answer True
If the government needs the support of a majority of members of the legislature to
remain in office, then we can say that the democracy must be: - answer Parliamentary or
Semi-Presidential
Read the following excerpt from a 1994 New York Times article: "After a two-day delay
because of intense infighting, Tsutomu Hata was appointed Japan's 51st Prime Minister
this morning by Emperor Akihito in a brief ceremony at the Imperial Palace, but he
appears likely to head a weak and perhaps short-lived coalition Government. Mr. Hata
has tried but failed so far to mend his conservative party's rift with the Socialists, who
quit the governing coalition in anger early Tuesday morning, depriving it of its majority
in Parliament. The Socialists were furious after the conservative parties in the coalition,
including Mr. Hata's, hastily joined together to resist any leftward turn in the
, Government's economic or security policies." (New York Times, 4/28/92).
Based on this information, is Japan a parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential
democracy? - answer Parliamentary
Based on the excerpt from the New York Times provided in the previous question, what
kind of government did Prime Minister Hata have? - answer Minority Coalition
Minority governments in parliamentary regimes must have the implicit support of a
majority of members of the legislature to stay in office. - answer True
Minority governments in presidential regimes must have the implicit support of a
majority of members of the legislature to stay in office. - answer False
Coalition cabinets occur only in parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies; they
do not occur in presidential ones. - answer False
In democracies with votes of no confidence procedures, formateurs have a stronger
incentive to build governments that have majority legislative support than is the case in
democracies without votes of no confidence. - answer True
Cohabitation is when: - answer A president is from one party/bloc and the prime minister
is from a different party/bloc.
Here is a link to an article in the BBC on February 13, 2020, about the Irish General
election. (It contains a link to another piece with profiles of the main Irish parties as
well.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51489261 (Links to an external site.)
Once you've read this article for a bit of context on the Irish party system and the 2020
election results, go to this government formation simulation and experiment with
different government options.
https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/coalition-builder#/ (Links to an external site.)
Now - what government do you think should have formed and why? Make sure to also
indicate what type of government your proposed government is i.e. minimal winning,
single-party minority, surplus, etc. - answer Got 20 out of 30
I believe that the surplus majority coalition with 3 different parties was the correct way
to go in this case. These parties got total votes of 38, 37, and 35, while technically they
