Comparative Politics Quiz Questions Study Guide Graded A+

How has Brazil sought to overcome its legacy of discrimination and racial inequality? {Ans: By enacting strict race-based quotas in public universities.}The two main reasons political scientists have largely abandoned the "Clash of Civilizations" argument is because (SELECT TWO): {Ans: it doesn't hold up to real-world (empirical) evidence. it shoehorns the entire spectrum of potential motivations for conflict into one simplistic and misleading framework.}To try to deal with its extreme diversity, India has created a system of asymmetric federalism, which has devolved power differently across its states. What has been one consequence of this decision? {Ans: It has created more opportunities for corruption by local officials.}In his 1996 book The Clash of Civilizations, Huntington argued that future conflicts would be fought between major world civilizations. What factors did he argue divided these civilizations? {Ans: religion and culture}In a democracy, the executive has two roles: the represents the nation at home and abroad, and the deals with the everyday tasks of running the state. {Ans: head of state; head of government}The constitution of the Weimar Republic had a few big design flaws, and these flaws contributed to its ultimate failure. It had an overly powerful executive