Author Question: What are the characteristics of an efficient political leader? What will be an ideal ... (Read 23 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What are the characteristics of an efficient political leader?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Under the electoral system designed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, elections for the State Duma were completely based upon

A. proportional representation voting.
B. single-member-district voting.
C. multiple-member district voting.
D. a complex system combining both proportional representation and single-member- district voting.

Jane · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

(a) Political leaders are, in some senses, like business entrepreneurs: they must
be willing to take risks and invest their time and resources to mobilize other people in
pursuit of a set of goals.
(b) They must also feel intensely about a particular issue and hope that their enthusiasm
motivates others to participate.
(c) They motivate collective action by marketing an idea rather than a productby
developing new political appeals that resonate with peoples' interests and/or identities,
or by finding a new way to reinvigorate an old issue.
(d) They use existing or emerging forms of collective identity to generate a sense of
solidaritya collective sense that many people think, feel, or believe similarly about a
political issue.

Answer to Question 2

A