Which of the following examples from internati
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Which of the following examples from international politics, if true, would give Markham the most support in his argument against Hastings？
A．A nation in Africa that modeled its government on the American governmental system after achieving independence from a European colonial power recently entered into a civil war that has effectively ended any true democratic processes.
B．The ancient city-state of Athens had a form. of direct popular election in the fifth centuryB.C., but this government fell as a result of the Peloponnesian War that Athens fought against Sparta.
C．A South American nation that deposed its long-standing military dictatorship and instituted in its place a democratic government with a president elected through a direct popular election has experienced both economic growth and improved relations with th
D．A nation in Central Europe that recently changed its government from a long- standing parliamentary monarchy to a government led by a popularly elected premier was recently thrown into chaos when the popularly elected premier declared a dictatorship.
E．The system of proportional power sharing by the members of the European Union has resulted in a number of thorny disputes between member states that will probably grow more severe as new nations from Eastern Europe enter the EU.
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正确答案：D
解析：D describes a situation in which a government changed a long-standing governmental system and experienced political instability as a result; this parallels the implication in Markham's statement, "the Electoral College system, whatever its flaws, has resulted in a stable democratic government for more than 200 years"; Markham implies that a change in the system might endanger that stability. A is problematic for Markham because the African nation became unstable after adopting the American system; B is irrelevant because the government evidently fell because of external, rather than internal, changes; C is an argument in favor of direct popular elections; E does not provide a clear parallel to any of Markham's arguments, although it appears to be an argument against federalism.
