POLI 2053 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John Maynard Keynes, Christian Democratic Union Of Germany, Uk Independence Party
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The corresponding parties in usa, uk, france, germany. E. g. , who would a usa republican vote for in country x (2) know whether the major politicians we"ve discussed are left or right (relative to other parties in that country) Right: reagan, bush, churchill, thatcher, major, cameron, de gaulle, chirac, Left: fdr, clinton, blair, brown, mitterrand, schmidt, hollande (3) know the various types of cabinets (minimal winning, over-sized, minority, etc) (4) know the concept of (but not how to measure) the effective number of parties. Know what duverger"s law would predict re: enp and election laws (5) be able to match the country with the electoral system it uses and mechanically how they work in general (e. g. , how votes are converted to seats) Also, the structural biases of the major electoral systems (think duverger) (6) know what is a majoritarian institution (e. g. , smdp) and what is a consensus institution (e. g. , federalism).
