<p>yeah 10 char. What did you guys put of the civil society question? that was the only one I wasnt sure on</p>
<p>What exactly did that question ask again?</p>
<p>Oh, and the Putin question: (1) 2007 changes to Duma electoral system, (2) Limit freedom of the press, and (3) Limit power of oligarchs (remove opposition). Sound good?</p>
<p>I did for Putin: increasing lack of transparency, limitation of press, and exerting more control over Russia’s oil/natural gas markets</p>
<p>haha Fallenangel I had exactly two of yours you said. The one that you listed that I didn’t put was the “limit power of oligarchs”, although thats probably a good one. I don’t remember my last one…</p>
<p>The TWO challenges to the British parliamentary system? That was definitely my most BS’d free response…I put three, i hope they dont take off credit cause I think one of them was completely wrong. My bad one was “the Labour party’s proposal to remove hereditary rights of House of Lords members…” I guess thats taking away some sovereignty, right???</p>
<p>The changes to the Duma electoral system have nothing to do with the increasingly authoritarian nature of Russia. The oligarchs one is iffy, but it most likely will work. Limiting the freedom of the press is correct though.</p>
<p>I think I screwed that one up. I put limitation of press, increasing unitary nature, and the weakening of other branches of the central government (particularly the judicial branch).</p>
<p>The civil society one was tricky. I put the political whatevers as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, and fair and competitive elections (though I said that this was usually an outgrowth of the formerly mentioned conditions). What’d you guys put?</p>
<p>Changes to the Duma did increase authoritarian nature in practice. Because United Russia was so strong already, with the changes made (threshhold increase, move to PR, etc.) the party only received even more seats in the Duma. Thus the government moved more towards a one-party system, which could generally be considered authoritarian. That was my reasoning for that one.</p>
<p>For the civil society one, I think I put the same as you, though, motion12345. Freedoms (such as those granted in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights) and fair, frequent, and competitive elections.</p>
<p>AH. Then, yea, that Duma thing works.</p>
<p>I put increased transparency which evetually may lead to higher efficacy and legitimacy and more free and fair elections.</p>
<p>FOr the parliament question, two things that challenge its sovereignty is the EU or WTO and devolution.</p>
<p>The Duma does work although you did have to explain how it made it more authoritarian if I remember correctly…my three things were: Duma reforms, presidency power to appoint and remove governors, and the change of president term from 4 to 6 years…</p>
<p>The civil society a put civil liberties and a pluralist interest group system…</p>
<p>What did you guys put in the one of the violent attacks on UK and Nigeria?</p>
<p>I had a tough time for the violent attacks. The only recent thing I could think of was the London Subway bombing. Does anyone know the last known attack of the ira?</p>
<p>i talked about sinn fein for the violence, not sure if i’ll get credit for it
most of the FRQ were super easy and the multiple choice were all right, i’ll be shocked if i don’t get a 5.
too much nigeria on the MC though and that was the country i studied least</p>
<p>one thing for the putin question that i haven’t seen mentioned yet is him giving the president (then himself) the power to appoint each of the 89 regional governers. previously they were directly elected by the citizens so changing that makes the system more authoritarian</p>
<p>For the violence in Great Britain, I talked about the IRA; for Nigeria, I talked about Ken Saro-Wiwa (it was the only really “violent” incident I could remember from the last 15 years, although I’m sure there were more - would this still work maybe?).</p>
<p>For the challenges to parliamentary sovereignty, I used the EU and the call for a written constitution with a Bill of Rights style document attached. Ethel Wood’s guide discussed this briefly as something that people have been calling for, and it certainly would challenge the sovereignty of Parliament, since they would have to abide by the document with higher authority/legitimacy.</p>
<p>For the putin question, I put (1) Limit power of the oligarchs- more support for United Russia party, (2) freedom of the press- control media, (3) ability to fire governors and disband regional legislatures- more support for him</p>
<p>Think that’s okay?</p>
<p>If you explained them well enough (which I’m sure you did), I’d say that those are okay. Heck, I put two of them down myself. lol</p>
<p>For Nigeria violence I put the MEND attacks on foreigners…you think thats right?</p>
<p>I put the 2007 election protests as my violence source foir Nigeria and the IRa attacks over the past year for Great Britain. I hope that is good enough because I gave a pretty good explanation.</p>
<p>@Cptray - yeah that’s right; I knew something like that existed but I couldn’t think of the specifics so I didn’t use it, but yeah that works.</p>
<p>For Putin, I said:
-Duma Changes
-Media Chokehold
-Picked his own successor</p>
<p>I used the 2007 Nigerian presidential elections as a violence example. I couldn’t think of one for Britain… I felt kind of dumb. Now i’m mad at myself =D.</p>
<p>The rest of them were pretty straight-forward… aside a few mess ups on the Mexico/Iran one =D … and (possibly) “double-dipping” #6</p>
<p>Bump ^^^ I’m self-studying this for the test in May.</p>
<p>So i saw you post that you bought college board practice test for the comparative government, and I know you dont know and stuff but i was wondering if you could send me some of the practive through email.
I have my test in like 4 days, and I need practice, I can’t afford to buy anything and like a said it’s in 4 days.
Yes, I know this is VERY WIRED, we dont know each other and I’m asking you to dont something for me. But if you absolutely can’t send me anything do you know anywhere(websites etc…) I can get really go practices.</p>
<p>Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you, and sorry about this. :)</p>