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| greek word meaning people or populace |
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DIRECT FORM OF SELF-GOVERNMENT |
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| a system of governance where the people represent and vote for themselves |
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| a system of government in which the majority rules but minority rights are protected |
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| the legal framework or basic law of a society |
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| the power to govern based on the consent of the majority being governed |
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PRESIDENTIAL FORM OF DEMOCRACY |
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| a government with clear separation of powers and a system of checks and balances |
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PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF DEMOCRACY |
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| governmental system where the legislative branch has greater powers over other branches |
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| a religious tradition that is used as the basis of saudi law and social behaviors |
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| activities that would include voting, joining an interest group and protesting or running for a position in government |
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UNCONVENTIONAL FORMS OF PARTICIPATION |
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| includes mass demonstration |
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| a system used in developing countries where patrons act as their clients' link to political participation and the government |
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| a coalition of interests whose goal is to gain control of the government by winning elections |
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| have the responsibility for ensuring that the laws are fair and that individuals' rights are protected |
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| the rule that no person is above the law and that all individuals are treated equally under the law |
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| groups composed of people who share common concerns and want to influence the government |
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| a set of thoughts and values that encompass the social, political and religious aspects of life |
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INTERNATIONAL OR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
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| the surrounding societies that facilitate or impede the development of democratic values in other nations |
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| the middle income group tht is essential to the maintenance of democratic values |
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| create as well as limit power |
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| involves reducing restrictions on freedom |
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| includes the right of citizens to compete in elections and to control the government |
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CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY |
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| involves behavioral, attitudinal and institutional changes |
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| essential to consolidating democracy |
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TRANSITIONAL PHASE OF DEMOCRACY |
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| a phase in society that contains both democratic and nondemocratic elements |
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FULL TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY |
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| this occurs when democratic rights are an integral part of life |
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| attempts to control the process of governmental change in order to protect specific interests |
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| the end of this ideological conflict contributed to democratization |
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| a nonstate actor that influenced transitions to democracy |
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| a peruvian rebel mvmt that was formed by university professors and students who subscribed to the philosophy of Mao Zedong |
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| chile's first elected marxist president; was killed by general augusto pinochet |
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| the name given to the activity of allocating the govt's resources in such a way that it influences people to vote in a certain way |
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| executed for protesting nigeria's oil policy |
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| military dictator whose oppressive rule led to nigerian transition to democracy |
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| the largest islamic country; has transitioned toward democracy |
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| the currency of indonesia |
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| china's revised law that granted defendants the right to legal counsel, among other rights |
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| buddhist law and a banned religious group in china |
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| equated with natural or god given rights |
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| leading proponent of natural rights who influence thomas jefferson |
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UNIVERSALISTS or COSMOPOLITANS |
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| those who believe that people everywhere are entitled to human rights |
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| roman philosopher and lawyer who believed in universal natural rights |
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| rights of individuals and groups to be protected from the government |
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| rights of individuals to economic well being, health care and education |
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HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION |
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| the use of military force against a country that engages in gross violations of human rights |
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| a leading human rights group |
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| legal discrimination and racial separation |
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| opposition to apartheid led by nelson mandela |
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| leader of the national party helped end apartheid |
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TRUTH AN RECONCILIATION COMMISSION |
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| instituted as an alternative to punishment by death or imprisonment by death or imprisonment for crimes against humanity |
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| leadership where authority is closely related to family and kinship groups, especially to the men in those groups |
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| a patriarchal system in a society that hides under the faced of modernity |
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| a military takeover of government |
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| a significant trade route that connects the mediterranean sea to the red sea |
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| system that exempted non- egyptians from egypt's laws |
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| the group of military officers who overthrew the government of king farouk |
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| limited land ownership and redistributed land among peasants in egypt |
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| at the time, largest dam in the world, brought about thre nasser's efforts in egypt |
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| a notorious genereal who ruled nigeria from 1998 to 1998 |
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| the elected president of chile in 1970 who was overthrown by pinochet's coup d'etat in 1973 |
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INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH (IT&T) |
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| the u.s. corporation that owned chile's copper mines |
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| the military dictator who ruled chile from 1973-1990 |
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| islamic learned religious man |
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| original inhabitants of cuba |
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| cuba's revolutionary leader from 1959 until his resignation in 2008 |
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THE 26TH OF JULY REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT |
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| castro's group of 82 men who landed in cuba in 1956 |
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| decision that restricts or bars some or all trade with certain countries |
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| failed invasion of cuba by miami exiles |
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| the administrative arm of the government |
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| the stage between decision and its consequences |
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| government mandates on processes in society |
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| the desire for less government regulation of the market |
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| similarities in bureaucratic structures |
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| differences in cultures as they relate to the bureaucracy |
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| migration of technically competent individuals from poorer states to weathier ones |
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| the illegal use of an official position or title for private gains |
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| a concept used to remind people of the discrepancy between form and reality, such as false reporting |
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| the use of political office to hire supporters |
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| an outdated term used by westerners to refer to groups of indigenous peoples in africa, asia and latin america |
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| a group composed of individuals who generally share a sense of common identity based on factors such as a common culture, geographic location and religious beliefs |
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| a conception of the self; a selection of physical, psychological, emotional or social attributes of particular individuals |
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| the presence of many different groups within a specific geographical boundary |
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| SUDAN'S PEOPLE LIBERATION ARMY (SPLA) |
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| sudan's people liberation army; formed to achieve a secular democratic sudan |
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| a governmenal system often implemented by colonists, that allows the people to maintain their institutions, language, culture and economic systems |
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| the ibo region that declared its independence from nigeria |
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| AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY |
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| an american group that supported african's return to africa |
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| the name free slaves gave themselves once they landed in liberia |
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| the americo-liberian president who was overthrown by samuel k. doe |
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| the religious practic of worshipping animals, rocks, plants and other objects |
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| a trade in which arab countries enslaved africans from the south of the sahara |
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| an arabic term for martyr |
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| two main ethnic groups in rwanda |
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| the theories that people are superior based on their race or skin color |
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| leader of the congress party in india |
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| leader of the muslim league that founded pakistan |
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| the place most sacred to the sikhs |
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| a minority group in china |
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| a kurdish village against which saddam hussein used poisonous gas |
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movement for kurdish independence
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| leader of the kurdish workers party |
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| a southern state in mexico |
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| an agreement that granted land and legal rights to the indigenous population of mexico |
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| POWER-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS |
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| arrangements that divide political power among different ethnic groups |
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| the sharing of power btwn the central gov't and the states or provinces |
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| two main ethnic groups in sri lanka |
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| the native people of sri lanka |
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| united sinhalese and tamils |
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| stress sinhalese separatism |
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| INDO-SRI LANKAN AGREEMENT |
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| an effort to end the conflict |
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| CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA |
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| a system of government in which power is centralized |
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| a system of government in which power is shared among different levels of government |
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| the movement from one place to another |
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| a person who moves from one country or area to another location |
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| a migrant who lives outside his her country but is unable or unwilling to return bcuz of persecution |
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| someone who has been forced to leave their home becuase of violence, conflict, persecution, or natural disaster but has not crossed an international border |
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| someone who goes to a foreign country to become a permanent resident |
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| TRANSCONTINENTAL MIGRATION |
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| the mvmt of persons from one continent to another |
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| the mvmt of people from one rural area to another |
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| the mvmt of people from rural areas to urban areas; most dominant pattern of migration |
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| the mvmt of people from urban areas to rural areas |
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| the mvmt of people from one area to another becuase of seasonal demand for labor |
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| the factors that motivate people to leave their homes, such as human rights violation, violence and political instability |
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| the factors that motivate people to leave their homes, such as employment opportunities, higher wages and educational opportunities |
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| extreme population growth that threatens resources and causes overcrowding |
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| occurs when there is a strong decline in the population growth rate |
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| a major cause of migration; occurs when land is taken by large agro-export companies |
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| a systematic effort to destrop everything that challenged communism in china |
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| the act of evicting those who are hostile to the gov't |
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| an effort to modernize rural chinese industries thru technological innovations |
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| cities such as new york and chicago that enable immigrants to blend in and become low-wage workers |
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| a french policy that allowed residents of french colonies to gain citizenship and migrate freely to france |
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| french politician who strongly opposes immigration from the developing world to france |
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| a wall that formerly separated east germany from west germany |
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| GASTARBEITER ROTATION SYSTEM |
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| a german system that allowed foreign workers or guest workers to stay in germany from one to three yrs. and then return to their home countries |
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| inability of poor countries to use highly trained individuals |
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| money that migrant workers send back to their families or countries |
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| export factories in which the mexican government invests |
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| the votes that actually elect the president of the US |
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| led to the deportation of mexican workers |
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| allowed mexican workers to temporarily migrate to the US |
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| an american initiative that rounded up and deported mexican workers |
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