Individual MPs in the governing party have strong incentives to toe the party line because they want to avoid frequent elections.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 2For most of its time since WWII, Italy had
a. a single party government.
b. a coalition government.
c. a minority government.
d. a presidential government.
e. none of the above.
Q. 3In the UK, parliamentary sovereignty means that the legislature has supreme decisionmaking power.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 4The Poll Tax applied the system of local property taxes in place of a fixed charge per person.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 5In parliamentary systems there is a separation between head of state and head of government. In the United States
a. this is also the case.
b. there is no head of government.
c. there is no head of state.
d. the president is only the head of government.
e. the president is both the head of government and the head of state.
Q. 6The relative speed and ease with which the legislation that created the Poll Tax was passed reflects the freedom that the UK's political institutions provide to the ruling party to act as an effective government.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 7The Magna Carta created a Great Council of nobles that the king did not control and that had some power over taxation.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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