Author Question: Duverger's Law argues a. that understanding parties requires considering the ways in which they ... (Read 18 times)

Shelles · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Duverger's Law argues

a. that understanding parties requires considering the ways in which they are similar to and different from businesses, interest groups, and government agencies.
b. a country's party system is less a function of its electoral rules than of its underlying socioeconomic divisions.
c. the fortunes of major political parties remain stable for long periods followed by a dramatic change.
d. that parties that adopt a range of ideologically moderate policies designed to capture broad segments of the population are the most successful.
e. that FPTP electoral systems generate two-party systems.

Question 2

Tony Blair brought the Labour Party in Britain to power by

a. moving the party to the right to attract middle-class votes.
b. moving the party to the left to attract working-class votes.
c. championing a series of long-demanded constitutional reforms.
d. moving the party to the right to attract working-class votes.
e. moving the party to the left to attract middle-class votes.