Suppose the communist government in Country X has just been replaced by a multiparty democratic system with competitive elections. A double transition would occur within Country X if _____.
a. the new government joined an alliance with one or more of its former enemies
b. the newly-elected leadership pushed the country quickly towards a total free-market system
c. the communist party was successful enough in the country's first elections to remain in power
d. the coalition government dissolved and new elections were held soon after the country's first election round
Question 2
Which statement poses a cultural argument that China is unlikely to democratize?
a. China has a collectivist rather than an individualist culture.
b. China's culture developed in isolation from the rest of the world.
c. The Cultural Revolution in China set the country back economically.
d. The Cultural Revolution succeeded at wiping out all vestiges of China's pro-democracy movement.
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