2012 -- Question #8 – country context question

(A)          Describe the most democratic aspect of the Russian regime.

(B)          Describe the most democratic aspect of the PRC regime in China.

(C)          Identify which regime is more democratic.

(D)         Explain why.

See pp. 73-78 and 88-94 in What You Need to Know

2012 -- Question #7 – country context question

(A)          Describe the role religious authority plays in the Iranian political system.

(B)          Describe the role religious authority plays in the Mexican political system.

(C)          In which system does religious authority better promote a democratic regime?

(D)         Why?

See pp. 142-146, 127-130, and 136-137 in What You Need to Know

2012 -- Question #6 –conceptual analysis question

(A)          Define rule of law.

(B)          Explain two examples of the role that the constitution plays in the Mexican political system to guarantee a rule of law.

(C)          Explain two features of the political system in the UK that serve to guarantee rule of law without a constitution.

See pp. 43, 57-60, and 130-133 in What You Need to Know

2012 - Question #5 – short answer/concept question

(A)          What is one aspect of Chinese politics that empirical analysis would examine?

(B)          What is one aspect that empirical analysis would ignore?

(C)          Why would those aspects be examined or ignored?

See pp. 27-29 and 39 in What You Need to Know

2012 - Question #4 – short answer/concept question

(A) What is an example of political corporatism in Mexico?

(B) Has that corporatism been strengthened or weakened by events of the past 12 years?

(C) Why?

See pp. 39, 128-129, and 134 in What You Need to Know

2012 Question #3 – short answer/concept question

(A)          What is one way that political leadership in Iran expresses the country's sovereignty?

(B)          Briefly explain why that expression creates or resolves political conflict within the country.

See pp. 44 and 143-146 in What You Need to Know

2012 Question #2 – short answer/concept question

(A) What is a prominent parastatal in one of the countries you studied?

(B) Does that parastatal promote or inhibit democratization?

(C) How?

See pp. 42 and 61-62, 71-12, 97, 137, or 143-145 in What You Need to Know

2012 Question #1

This is a short answer/concept question (like the first 5 FRQs on the exam).

In the description of the United Kingdom, political scientists identify several nations that make up the country.
(A) What are two of them?
(B) What is a feature of the regime that bridges the cleavages between those nations?
(C) How does that feature reduce the political effects of the cleavages?

See pp. 41 and 62-64 in What You Need to Know