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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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1. The illegal drug trade and violence in Mexico is closely linked to which of the following?
2. Classical (or neo-classical) economics is concerned with which of the following?
3. The transition to democracy that began in Latin America during the late 1970s was characterized by which of the following?
4. In Latin America, which country has the strongest presidential power over the legislature?
5. All of the following are advantages of a presidential system over a parliamentary system EXCEPT:
6. Which of the following is an enduring economic legacy of the colonial period in Latin America?
7. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.According the ECLAC's Economic Survey of Latin America (2011), inflation in Latin America has been _______________.
8. Fill in the blank. Generally-speaking, voter turn-out in Latin America is _____________ than in the U.S.
9. Fill in the blank. After 49 years in power, Fidel Castro handed over power to ______________ in 2008.
10. Fill in the blank. Women have played an especially pronounced role in the indigenous movements of ________________, as the country moved toward democracy.
11. Which of the following is a political consequence of the failure of neoliberal model?
12. The regional trade bloc and common market of South America is known by which acronym?
13. According to the 2011 Latinobarometro survey, which country has the lowest level of satisfaction with democracy?
14. For much of the period from the 1940s-1970s, the former dictator of Argentina, Juan Peron, instituted which of the following policies?
15. What is the most important factor that favors electoral participation?
16. Which U.S. president was the first to declare a 'war on drugs?'
17. Which South American country has enjoyed relative political stability and steady economic growth throughout most of its historical development?
18. Which of the following statements about female cabinet ministers in Latin America is true?
19. According to Professor Dimenil of the University of Paris, what is the primary objective of neo-liberalism?
20. Fill in the blank. Most of the democracies of Latin America can be characterized as __________________.
21. Fill in the blank. The average election turn-out in Latin America is about _____________.
22. Which of the following major political/legal reforms were recently undertaken by Mexican Presidents Fox and Calderon?
23. According to Marxist theory, capitalism produces which of the following?
24. ECLAC recommended which economic solution to the problem of dependency during the 1960s?
25. Franklin Roosevelt's 'Good Neighbor' policy did which of the following?