Brazil Is a Large, Ethnically Heterogeneous, Primarily Catholic Country

question 6

Essay

Brazil is a large, ethnically heterogeneous, primarily Catholic country. It has a presidential system with proportional representation electoral laws. Based on this description and the hypothetical regression results below, what factors about Brazil encourage political extremism? What factors discourage political extremism? Which have no effect?
Table 1: Testing Theories of Political Extremism
Dependent Variable: Level of Political Extremism

$\begin{array}{lc}\text { Variables } & \text { Model 1 } \\\hline \text { Small population } & -0.29^{*} \\\text { Economic development } & 0.10 \\\text { Ethnic diversity } & 0.27^{*} \\\text { Large agriculture sector } & 0.62^{*} \\\text { Catholic majority } & 0.04 \\\text { Presidential regime } & -0.14^{*} \\\text { Single-member district plurality } & -0.53^{*} \\\hline\end{array}$

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Definitions:

Ruling Class

denotes the social class that holds primary power and authority in a society, often owning the means of production or governing.

False Consciousness

Belief in and support for the system that oppresses you.

Forces Of Production

The means through which goods and services are produced in a society, including the labor, tools, and technology used.

Human Labour

The effort, physical or mental, that people contribute to the production of goods and services.