Tanzeny has recently witnessed a civil war. The country is ...

[gbarreiro]

Tanzeny has recently witnessed a civil war. The country is democratic and has a free market economy. However, it is also poor and its population is divided into strong cultural, ethnic, and religious factions.
 
  In which of the following ways would comparativists study the political turmoil in Tanzeny?
  A. by asserting that free market economies cause huge economic divides that invariably lead to civil wars
  B. by conducting an in-depth case study of Tanzeny in isolation
  C. by understanding what are the common factors between Tanzeny and other countries that witness civil wars
  D. by stating that all religious divided cultures will witness civil wars
  E. by postulating that all democratic countries will witness a civil war

Question 2

Comparative politics is different from international relations in that ________.
 
  A. international relations lacks recognition as a branch of political science
  B. international relations involves studying why people under a political system take certain decisions
  C. comparative politics focuses exclusively on the creation of nations and states
  D. comparative politics studies how different people around the world make different decisions under similar rules
  E. comparative politics focuses exclusively on the foreign policies of the home country

[GCabra]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D

[gbarreiro]

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[bdobbins]

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