How do the short-term causes and domestic and international causes of regime change differ?
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Unlike domestic and international causes, short-term factors typically apply only to a particular case, not a whole pattern of regime change. For instance, sometimes a dictator dies but another dictator assumes power, leaving the non-democratic regime in place. Likewise, an economic crisis may cause a fatal decline in regime legitimacy in one democracy but not in another.
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a. homogenous b. multifaceted c. permanent d. easily quantifiable
Why were Americans skeptical of the bailouts of the banking and automobile industries during the Great Recession?
a. Americans did not want to help industries they perceived to be powerful and privileged. b. Americans discovered that the bailout was a quid pro quo for those industries' support of Barack Obama in the 2008 election. c. Americans tend to be trusting of government but to distrust specific government policies. d. Americans viewed these industries as being superfluous to the American economy.