STUDENT NAME: __. COMPARATIVE POLITICS. Final Exam. INSTRUCTIONS. QUESTIONS. This exam is worth 100 points in total. Please answer the question A1 in Section A (50 points), and TWO other questions you choose from Section B (25

STUDENT NAME: ______________________________

COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Final Exam

Date: December 20^th, 2021

INSTRUCTIONS

This is an open book exam, so you can use any books or articles to support your arguments. However, you CANNOT COPY AND PASTE ANYTHING from any written materials (including online sources, websites, etc. ) without following proper rules. Should you need to make citation, you HAVE TO follow the proper scientific citation. This means using quotation marks and citing the source with author name, title, date, and page number. Citations should not exceed 10% of your total answer.

You have THREE HOURS to complete the exam and post it back. Late work will NOT be accepted under any circumstances.

QUESTIONS

This exam is worth 100 points in total. Please answer the question A1 in Section A (50 points), and TWO other questions you choose from Section B (25 points for each question). Do not answer any more than two questions from Section B, the instructors will not grade them.

SECTION A (50 POINTS)

Please answer the following question between 2-4 pages in length (Times New Roman, Font 12, 2. 0 spacing). Answer all parts of the question. If your answer is longer than 4 pages, the instructors will stop reading it after page 4. The question is worth 50 points.

A1. After a long experience with a single-party authoritarian regime, a new democracy called “Pacifica” is looking to adopt a constitution that will maximize its chances of survival. Below is some information about Pacifica.

n Geographic and demographic characteristics:

n Pacifica is a big country (both in terms of the number of inhabitants and territorially).

n There are three ethnic minorities, each approx. 15%.

n One ethnic group is concentrated in the North, the second in the South (and has a kin state over the border) and the third is dispersed throughout the territory.

n Economy:

n The economic wealth resides mainly in the north,

n The economy is based on both natural resources and advanced industries,

n GDP/capita 15000 EUR.

n Political life and political stability:

n Pacifica is a young democracy,

n There has never been civil war in the country,

n There are tensions among the various ethnic groups.

As an expert in comparative institutions, you have been hired as a consultant by the transitional government. Government leaders have asked you to develop a proposal in which you are to make recommendations on specific institutions that you believe will enhance their chances of never returning to authoritarianism. You need to comment on the following institutions:

1 – Territorial division of power

· Federalism - Decentralization

2 – Executive Format

· Parliamentary - Presidential - Mixed

3 – Electoral System and Party System

· PR – Majoritarian – Two Party – Multi Party

What are your recommendations? Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the literature (both theoretical and empirical). (50 points)

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