GOVT 133 Exam 3 Review PDF
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Dr. López-Santana
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This document appears to be an exam review for a government class, covering various topics like electoral systems and political ideologies. It includes a list of concepts, issues and trends on unicameral and bicameral systems, along with possible exam questions.
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**EXAM 3: REVIEW\ GOVT 133\ Dr. López-Santana** **[Concepts\ ]** 1. Formateur 2. Cabinet 3. Government (in Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Systems) 4. Portfolio 5. Vote of no confidence 6. Caretaker government 7. Hung Parliament 8. Coalition (& types of coalitions) 9. Coalitio...
**EXAM 3: REVIEW\ GOVT 133\ Dr. López-Santana** **[Concepts\ ]** 1. Formateur 2. Cabinet 3. Government (in Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Systems) 4. Portfolio 5. Vote of no confidence 6. Caretaker government 7. Hung Parliament 8. Coalition (& types of coalitions) 9. Coalitional Presidentialism 10. Minimum Winning Coalition 11. **Cohabitation** 12. Unicameralism vs. Bicameralism 13. "One-person, one vote" 14. Presidential systems 15. Parliamentary systems 16. Semi-Presidential/Mixed systems 17. Electoral System 18. Electoral formula 19. District magnitude 20. Plurality 21. Majoritarian systems 22. Alternative Vote 23. Two round system for presidential elections 24. Proportional Representation systems 25. Mixed systems (when referring to electoral systems) 26. Veto Actors 27. Divisors (D'hondt, Sainte Lague, Modified Sainte Lague) 28. Quotas (for allocating seats) 29. Thresholds (for allocating seats) 30. Types of electoral lists 31. Head of State 32. Head of Government 33. Duverger's law & strategic/ tactical voting vs. sincere voting 34. Internally-generated parties 35. Externally generated parties 36. Mass parties 37. Catch-all parties 38. Post-materialist parties 39. Cleavages 40. Extreme Right parties 41. Median-Voter Theorem [ISSUES] - Identify and place a variety of parties on the 'left-right spectrum' (identify the main pillars of these ideologies and parties) - How to form coalition governments; guiding principles when creating a coalition - Elections: converting votes into seats (different methods) - Trends regarding unicameral and bicameral systems - Benefits and drawbacks of unicameralism and bicameralism - General characteristics of lower and upper chambers - Benefits and drawbacks of Presidential vs. Parliamentary vs. Semi-presidential systems - Main characteristics of the electoral systems covered in class (compare and contrast them) - Benefits and drawbacks of Mixed, Proportional Representation, Plurality, and Majoritarian systems - Refer to the cases covered in class
