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AP Comparative Government and Politics Flashcards: Challenges From Political And Social Cleavages

Study Challenges From Political And Social Cleavages in AP Comparative Government and Politics with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify the impact of economic cleavages on politics.

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ANSWER

They impact distributional policies and class politics. Wealth differences drive debates over taxes and welfare spending.

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Based on the passage: Cleavages are durable divisions—ethnic, religious, economic, cultural—that structure political competition. Belgium's consociational "power-sharing" manages linguistic conflict but increases bargaining complexity (Lijphart, 2012). Canada's federalism provides "institutional space for diversity," reducing incentives for zero-sum confrontation (Gagnon, 2014). What is one major challenge posed by consociational power-sharing, according to the passage?
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