Short-Answer Concept questions 1-2

Here are two Short-Answer Concept questions. You can submit responses as comments and I'll try to find time to apply my rubric to them. Or you can do some research and write your own rubrics.

1.   Briefly describe two ways that a normative assumption, e.g., "The more democracy the better," could be used in an empirical comparative government and politics study by a political scientist.

2.   Identify an element of the United Kingdom's regime that is essential (i.e., necessary for its continued functioning as it now exists). Explain briefly why that element is essential.

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