Chapter 5 - Democracy and Dictatorship, Conceptualization and Measurements

China

China

Because there is just one party and no elections above the local level, ________ has low levels of inclusion and participation.

President Barack Obama

________, King Abdullah of the Saud dynasty, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan, for example, led the governments of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Japan in 2011.

extreme emergency

From 500 BC until the third century AD, a "dictator "was an unusual Roman magistrate appointed under ________ circumstances.

President Habib Bourguiba

________ headed the Tunisian government from 1956 to 1987, and President Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali governed it from 1987 to 2011.

Democracy

________ has only lately come to be recognized as a political system worthy of championing and exporting throughout the world.

1956

From ________ to 1987, Tunisia was ruled by a civilian dictatorship, and from 1987 to 2011, it was ruled by a military dictatorship.

Tunisia

________ gained independence from France in 1956, and the Tunisian state was established in its current form.