In the context of Brazil, and more generally Latin America, the term populism refers to
a. allowing "the people" to determine the basic political processes and principles of governance.
b. relying upon the political support of regional strongmen to rule.
c. promising labor unions specific wage guarantees in order to gain their political support to keep them from forming communist groups to challenge the government.
d. gaining the political support of previously disenfranchised sectors of society, often through manipulation and demagogic appeals.
e. expanding the right to vote.
d
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One weakness of world systems theory is that
A) data does not show exploitation. B) domestic markets cannot support high end goods. C) existing countries provide too much competition. D) export subsidies do not work. E) there are no ways for countries to change zones.
The astute nineteenth-century observer who wrote Democracy in America was ________.
a. Crane Brinton b. James Madison c. James Harrington d. Alexis de Tocqueville