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Which country is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which European state combines a unitary structure with a semi-presidential system?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Edmund Burke say a representative should also do?Read the answer and worked solution →What is an elected member who simply carries out constituents' wishes called?Read the answer and worked solution →Who elects representatives in an indirect election?Read the answer and worked solution →What often becomes central to representative democracy when voters choose parties over individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a legislature with only one chamber called?Read the answer and worked solution →What term did Robert Dahl and others use for representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides presidential systems, how else can representative democracy be organized?Read the answer and worked solution →Who could vote in the first modern democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →How has the number of voters changed in modern democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →Where were the 19th century movements for universal male suffrage most notable?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country briefly adopted universal male suffrage in 1792?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country recognized full male suffrage in 1844?Read the answer and worked solution →In which constitution did Spain recognize universal male suffrage?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment to the US Constitution barred denying the vote on account of race?Read the answer and worked solution →Which self-governing colony gave women the right to vote in 1893?Read the answer and worked solution →Which colony was the first to let women stand for election?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group was granted suffrage after the American Civil War?Read the answer and worked solution →When did non-White South Africans first vote in multi-party national elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US principle, set in the early 1960s, says each person's ballot should count equally?Read the answer and worked solution →In ancient Greece, what was used for voting, giving psephology its name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which office holder in India is chosen through indirect elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Which electoral system did the framers of our Constitution choose for the Lok Sabha?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body is elected by proportional representation with a single transferable vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states has a Vidhan Parishad as its upper house?Read the answer and worked solution →Who nominates some members of a Vidhan Parishad from fields like art and science?Read the answer and worked solution →In a single transferable vote count, 1000 valid votes fill 3 seats. What is the quota?Read the answer and worked solution →In STV, where do an eliminated candidate's votes go?Read the answer and worked solution →Under First-Past-The-Post, who wins a constituency?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which country is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy?

  1. Federal Germany
  2. The French Republic
  3. The United Kingdom
  4. The United States
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Correct answer: C. The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has a single central government with a parliament and a monarch under a constitutional system.

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Which European state combines a unitary structure with a semi-presidential system?

  1. Federal Germany
  2. The French Republic
  3. The Italian Republic
  4. The United States
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Correct answer: B. The French Republic

France has a unitary state in which a president and a prime minister share executive power, which makes it semi-presidential.

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What did Edmund Burke say a representative should also do?

  1. Always obey the party leader
  2. Vote by secret ballot only
  3. Serve only their home district
  4. Use their own judgment
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Correct answer: D. Use their own judgment

Burke argued that a representative should weigh issues with their own judgment, even when voters disagree.

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