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Developmental Democracy
Test #1 (make-up)
Directions: If you missed the test for a reason that is acceptable to the College Office, you can take it as a take-home. It is open book and notes, and graded as a paper. Honor code applies, of course. Answer all questions, typed, approximately two pages per question, double-spaced. Put it in my mailbox in 327 Tarbutton (the main office). Include a cover sheet that has the reason why you needed to miss the exam, and a copy of any official document backing it up (such as a letter from the Health Center, coach of the Emory team you are on, etc.) Time: 24 hours after you begin the exam.
1. What are the five types of plurality-majority voting systems? What
are semi-proportional electoral systems? What are proportional representation
systems? What is preferential voting? Be sure to explain the variations
in these voting systems, and offer examples of countries using these systems.
2. What are the three paradoxes of democracy that are identified by Larry
Diamond? Explain them. How is federalism sometimes used to manage democratic
systems that govern societies with deep ethnic cleavages (i.e., divisions)?
3. According to Robert Dahl, what is polyarchy, and what are the seven most important procedural minimums that are required in order to make democracy possible? If these procedures are required, describe and explain some (minimally three, more is better) things about which there can be great variation in democratic structure (e.g., the types of institutions that are established).