What is “comparative politics?” What does it study, and how would you situate it within political science.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should be able to clearly identify comparative politics as a subfield of political science. The answer should elaborate on the fact that it deals with power and decision making within national boundaries. It should also explain that it can focus on one specific country, on comparing several places, or on comparing issues and processes in one or more places through time.
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Caucus participants of both parties
A) are unrepresentative of the general population. B) tend to be less ideological than the general population. C) tend to have less education than the general population. D) largely come from low-income groups. E) None of the above
According to political scientist Russell J. Dalton, the current challenge for American democracy is ______.
a. improving civic education and political involvement so as to better prepare young-adult voters for the political and electoral process b. convincing young adults to carry on the political traditions of their elders so as to carry on the democratic process c. understanding the changing values and norms of young-adult voters and integrating them into the political process d. revising governmental policies, procedures, and institutions in order to better account for the current lack of civic engagement