Author Question: Which best describes the difference between a one-party system and a one-party dominant system? ... (Read 54 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which best describes the difference between a one-party system and a one-party dominant system?

a. In a one-party system, the party is ideological, coercive, and destructive of autonomous groups. In a one-party dominant system, it is less ideological and does not desire to destroy autonomous groups.
b. In one-party dominant systems, only one party exists. In one-party systems, other political parties are not banned, and smaller parties may even receive a sizable percentage of the vote combined, but one party always wins elections and controls the government.
c. In a one-party dominant system, the party is ideological, coercive, and destructive of autonomous groups. In a one-party system, it is less ideological and does not desire to destroy autonomous groups.
d. In one-party systems, one large party controls the political system but small parties exist and may even compete in elections. In one-party dominant systems, different parties control the government at different times, but one party always controls all branches of government, i.e., there is never divided government.
e. In one-party systems, only one party exists. In one-party dominant systems, other political parties are not banned, and smaller parties may even receive a sizable percentage of the vote combined, but one party always wins elections and controls the government.

Question 2

Political scientists call the attachment that an individual has to a specific political party a person's

a. party preference.
b. party patronage.
c. party identification.
d. party dominance.
e. dominant party.