QUESTION 8

An example of a dominant party system would be:

	a.	North Korea
	b.	Germany since 2005
	c.	Italy after WWII
	d.	South Africa since 1994

QUESTION 9

What is the main argument against Marxist perspectives on regionalism?

	a.	Globalization weakens regionalist movements instead of strengthening them.
	b.	The end of the Soviet Union downgrades Marxist theories to a thing of the past.
	c.	Economic disintegration does not occur in market-economies.
	d.	Western liberal democratic states have proven to be highly resistant in the face of secessionist movements.

QUESTION 10

What contributes to the decommodification of labour?

	a.	Contribution-based pension funds.
	b.	Unemployment payments.
	c.	Party work.
	d.	The provision of universal health services.

QUESTION 11

What is the main argument of the neo-corporatist theory of welfare state expansion?

	a.	Welfare state expansion was most pronounced where social democracy met political Catholicism.
	b.	Welfare state expansion was most pronounced in small open economies.
	c.	Welfare state expansion was most pronounced where social democracy met strong consensus-building mechanisms.
	d.	Welfare state expansion was most pronounced where social democracy was supplemented with the rule of law.

QUESTION 12

What is the paradox of distribution?

	a.	The more a welfare-state is targeting benefits at the poor, the less likely inequality will be reduced.
	b.	The welfare state has no impact on the levels of inequality in a country.
	c.	The more a welfare state is concerned with redistribution, the less equality there will be.
	d.	The more liberal a welfare state is, the more likely it is that inequality will be reduced.