Monday, March 3, 2008

Question #1 (3 March)

Each weekday between now and May 1, I'll post a question about comparative government and politics.

You submit an answer to the "Questions" e-mail address at the What You Need to Know web site.

[That's http://apcomparativegov.com in case the link doesn't work for you.]

If you submit the earliest best answer, I'll publish your answer here a week after the question was posted.

And you'll win a pair of What You Need to Know number two pencils to help you fill in the exam's multiple choice answer sheet. One of the pencils will have all the multiple choice answers on it and the other will display King Arthur's memorable line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "You don't vote for kings!"

(You can also win a pair of WYNTK pencils by posing a question that gets used here.)



Here's Question No. 1:

If a political scientist wanted to find out if parliamentary regimes are better than presidential regimes, how would she define "parliamentary" and "presidential" for the research?

And, what are two criteria she might describe to determine which regime type was "better?"


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