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03/22/2009

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Term
Traditional conservatism sees need for?
Definition
authority and control in society
Term
Wealthier and more powerful classes
have an obligation to?
Definition
provide protection
for the less fortunatet
Term
Laissez-faire stresses importance of?
Definition
individual freedom
Term
Traditional and Laissez-faire
Conservatism Advocates limits on?
Definition
government
Term
Traditional and Laissez-faire
Conservatism Sees less value in? as?
Definition
social obligations or
role of tradition as behavioral guideUª‡j
Term
Laissez-faire has been an?
Definition
important
component of conservatism in the USJ²
Term
Laissez-faire relies on individual?
Definition
rationality
& self-interest to justify its positions/pj
Term
Laissez-faire (or classical liberalism)
and Traditional Conservatism: Traditional defines rationality in terms of?
Definition
practices, customs, & traditions that have
evolved over timeÍÞ;
Term
Traditional stresses need to limit, imag
Definition
disruptive effects of individual self-interest=(
Term
Laissez-faire (or classical liberalism)
and Traditional Conservatism: Both oppose?
Definition
extensive governmental
intervention in society(
Term
Traditional conservatives prefer to rely on
Definition
tradition for social order-xbitm
Term
Classical liberals rely on-xbitm
Definition
individual selfinterest
and laws of economy
Term
Neither Laissez-faire (or classical liberalism)
and Traditional Conservatism sees government as?
Definition
key instrument
for reform
Term
Laissez-faire (or classical liberalism)
and Traditional Conservatism: Both are opposed to?
Definition
socialism & communism
Term
Europeans, with their feudal heritage,
have not been comfortable with[
Definition
individualistic political theories or an
emphasis on personal responsibility
Term
Conservatives in England and Prussia
were first to develop
Definition
social programs to
help working classes
Term
First modern conservative thinker was?
Definition
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
Term
Tory (Conservative) leader in Parliament- He saw?
Definition
social experiments as
threatening
Term
Edmund Burke saw Reliance on human rationality as?
Definition
dangerous pride
Term
Edmund Burke, Supported?
Definition
American colonists
Term
Edmund Burke, Stressed need for?
Definition
social stability as aid
for both rich and poor, gradual change?
Term
Edmund Burke, Temporary self-interest mattered less than?
Definition
permanent, long term intereststm
Term
who was the Author of The Conservative Mind?
Definition
Russell Kirk (1918-1994)
Term
who was one of the best known traditional conservatives and inspired by edmund burke?
Definition
Russell Kirk (1918-1994)
Term
what are the six tenets of traditional conservatism: by Russell Kirk (1918-1994)
Definition
1. Belief in transcendent values
2. Support for variety & “mystery” of life
3. Belief that social classes are natural
4. Belief in private property
5. Emotion checked by tradition & custom
6. Suspicion of rapid change
Term
Walter Lippmann yr?
Definition
(1889-1974)
Term
who was Not often seen as traditional conservative?
Definition
Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)xbitm
Term
As he matured, Lippmann? (7 things)
Definition

1. He saw merit of wisdom & experience

 2. Distrusted wisdom of masses

3. Often agreed with Russell Kirk

4. Saw leaders as tied to whims of masses

5. Wanted to limit influence of public opinion

 6. Stressed civic responsibility

7. Public philosophy should reflect itwo

Term
Classical Liberalism/
Laissez-faire Conservatism stresses?
Definition
limited government & individualism
Term
Welfare state liberalism drove•?
Definition
classical
liberalism toward the conservativesJ²
Term
European socialists forced a union ofmag
Definition
iberal and
conservative parties
Term
Classical liberals were alienated by the
Definition
New
Deal and the Great Societym
Term
All laissez-faire conservatives support?
Definition
private property
Term
Classical Liberalism/
Laissez-faire Conservatism: They are confident in ability of
Definition
individuals to
generate wealthf
Term
Classical Liberalism/
Laissez-faire Conservatism: They define freedom in?
Definition
negative terms”
Term
Classical Liberalism/
Laissez-faire Conservatism: sought?
Definition
Freedom from government regulation
Term
Classical Liberalism/
Laissez-faire Conservatism: The support OF? AND?
Definition
strong national defense and
oppose communism
Term
Libertarians oppose?
Definition
almost all government
Term
Robert Nozick AUTHOR OF?
Definition
State and Utopia
Term
Robert Nozick Rejects?
Definition
pure anarchism
Term
Robert Nozick sought?
Definition
Minimalist state
Term
Robert Nozick had a Theoretical alternative to?
Definition
Welfare state & social
Interventionimag
Term
Robert Nozick Died in?
Definition
2002
Term
who was the Author of The Road to Serfdomitm?
Definition
Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992)tm
Term
Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992) Rejected? as?
Definition
economic planning
.. Seen as step toward
totalitarianism—˜ôÑê´
Term
Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992) No freedom without
Definition
economic freedom
Term
Chicago School:
Definition
Hayek & Milton Freedman
Term
Modern Conservatism: Social scientists either? seeing it as?
Definition
attack or ignore
conservatism, seeing it as “unscientific”éšuÞ
Term
Conservative is a force for?
Definition
change
Term
Innovative ideas about government now come from?
Definition
conservatives
Term
Modern Conservatism: Increasing power of? advances?
Definition
religious groups advances
conservatism
Term
Modern Conservatism: Edward Banfield’s The Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992)unheavenly City Revisited
Definition
(1970) challenged Great
Society assumptions.
Term
Banfield sought more realistic views of the?
Definition
poor as a tool for more effective policies
Term
Modern Conservatism: William F. Buckley, Jr. sparked
Definition
modern conservative movement.edm
Term
William F. Buckley, Jr. In 1955 he started?
Definition
he started National
Review — at the age of 29.
Term
William F. Buckley, Jr. wrote?
Definition
God and Man at Yale
Term
William F. Buckley, Jr. united?
Definition
anti-Communists,
traditionalists, constitutionalists,
and enthusiasts for free market
together under conservative
banner.±
Term
Polls represent?
Definition
continuous citizen feedback
Term
Politicians closely follow?
Definition
polls
Term
Politicians commission.?
Definition
their own polls
Term
Polls generally measure
Definition
opinions
Term
Survey research may include things such ast
Definition
automobile ownership or sleeping habitsg
Term
Surveys of poverty in London in the 1880s
are cited asj
Definition
first modern social surveysxbitm
Term
Reformers needed data about
Definition
conditions
they wanted to alleviateimag
Term
Governments began social research in?
Definition
the
early 1900s
Term
1930s: During the New Deal, governmentag
Definition
needed social data
Term
.. 1935: Elmo Roper sold polls top, imag
Definition
Fortune
Term
After World War 2:Candidates began to
Definition
use polls
Term
World War 2: Candidates could be?
Definition
packaged
Term
After World War 2: both? used?
Definition
national and local
used polls
Term
Two kinds of respondent data are?
Definition
(a) factual
matters such as number of TVs and (b)
respondent attitudes toward candidates,
issues, or products
Term
Interval?
Definition
Number of books read in a year is
an example
Term
Ordinal?
Definition
This would be assessment of how
you felt about reading books, for example,
very enthusiastic or not enthusiasticocumen
Term
Nominal?
Definition
This would be your choice of
books, for example, fiction or non-fiction
Term
The normal curve?
Definition
referred to as bell curve,
this is supposed to be normal distribution in
matters such as grades
Term
Random sampling?
Definition
these are supposed to be
representative if no group is systematically
misrepresentedio
Term
Confidence level?
Definition
expressed in terms of a
percentage such as “95% likely”
Term
Margin of error?
Definition
Depending on sample size,
this might be stated as “plus or minus 5%”. If
a survey shows a candidate’s support at
15%, this would mean his real level of
support could be as high as 20% or as low
as 10%363
Term
Sampling method:?
Definition
This is how you find
respondents. Literary Digest used phone
book in 1936uufxV
Term
The Literary Digest was an?
Definition
influential magazine in
1936.tm
Term
The Literary Digest Later merged with?
Definition
time
Term
Self-selection bias?
Definition
When Literary Digest
polls 2.4 million voters, they used a sample
of people who had telephones and cars. The
survey predicted a major victory for Alf
Landon over President Rooseveltckwave-
Term
.. Limited population groups:itm
Definition
important to avoid
excessive reliance on one group of people]d
Term
Forms of interview?...3
Definition
face to face, telephone, or
mail surveys, for example
Term
Degree of respondent interest/knowledge?
Definition
people may want to please interviewer or
claim more knowledge than they have
Term
Political revolutions are sparked by a
belief that?
Definition
existing institutions do not
meet the problems faced by society
Term
Revolutions of 1848
.. The starting point for these revolutions was?
Definition
Sicily
Term
The French Revolution is the?
Definition
the most widely
discussed of this period.t
Term
..In February of 1848 the French monarchy
was replaced by the.Ê
Definition
Second Republic.
Term
In 1851, Louis Napoleon led a coup that?
Definition
dissolved the National Assembly and
proclaimed creation of the Second Empire.e
Term
Universal male suffrage
Abolition of slavery:
Definition
Right to work
Workshops for the
unemployed
An industrial parliamenton
Term
Bourgeois reformers and radical politicians
were trying to?
Definition
change their governments.
Term
Technological change was creating newmag
Definition
way of life for workers:
Term
A popular press was generating?
Definition
political
awareness.rs:
Term
Europe’s Revolutionary Environmentalismg
New ideas such as?
were gaining acceptance:
Definition
liberalism, nationalism,
and socialismg
Term
The Revolutionary Spark: 4 things ?
Definition
Economic problems
..Devastating crop failures
..Peasants and poor working class
members were facing starvation.
..Russia and the United Kingdom
missed the spark of revolution.a
Term
Consequences of 1848 Revolutions?4?
Definition
Ten years after the revolutions little
had changed.
..Many historians see them as failures.
..Yet both Germany and Italy were
unified after twenty years.
..Austria and Prussia eliminated
feudalism by 1850 and peasants’ lives
were improved.ms
Term
The Mexican revolution began in?
Definition
1910
Term
The initial period of armed conflict
ended with the overthrow of
Definition
Porfirio Diaz Mori in 1914.xbitm
Term
Emilio Zapata helped the peasant
class take back their land by?
organizing a.e
Definition
guerrilla force that
fought against Diaz
Term
In 1917, Mexico adopted its current?
Definition
current
constitution, an event marking the
official end of the Revolution a.e
Term
Russia had two revolutions in?
Definition
1917
Term
Russian Revolutions:
In February the monarchy was overthrown
by?
Definition
democratic forces.
Term
Russian Revolutions: in october who over threw the democratic forces?
This led to creation of the?
Definition
the Bolsheviks
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which collapsed in 1991
Term
Cuban Revolution: This began with Fidel Castro’s?
Definition
guerrilla war
against the Batista government.
Term
.. In 1959, Castro’s forces?`
Definition
marched into Havana.ark:
Term
The Cuban revolution is regarded as ?
Definition
“real”, unlike
the traditional Latin American revolutions,
because major political forces were destroyed.ducts
Term
In order to attract Soviet support, Castro eventually?
Definition
proclaimed himself a communist.
Term
Cuba emerged as an outpost
of?
Definition
Soviet power in the
Western Hemisphere.
Term
Cuba became a?
Definition
revolutionary
force.rk:
Term
With Che Guevarra,he
attempted to?
Definition
export
revolution.
Term
Hugo Chavez began
this revolution with a?
against? yr?
Definition
military coup against
Venezuelan democracy
created in 1958.¦ÈF
Term
.. In 1992, Hugo Chavezwas sent to? following?
Definition
prison following his
second unsuccessful
coup.
Term
Venezuelan Revolution: hugo chavez gain power in? by?
Definition
1998 by promising reforms
Term
hugo chavez has attacked?
Definition
the oil industry and the church
Term
Human rights condition in Venezuela are the worst since before?
Venezuela today is like? in?
Definition
1958
Chile in 1973
Term
The Velvet Revolution of
Definition
1989
Term
The Rose Revolution of?
Definition
2003
Term
The Tulip Revolution of?
Definition
2005
Term
The Orange Revolution of?
Definition
2004
Term
Two contrary visions of future culture:?
Definition
George Orwell and Aldous Huxleym
Term
Orwell warns of an
Definition
externally imposed
oppression.
Term
Huxley sees a future culture in which people
will love theirøŒ„
Definition
oppression and adore
technologies that limit the capacity to think
Term
Orwell feared
Definition
books would be banned
Term
Huxley feared
Definition
there would be no reason to
ban booksag
Term
Orwell feared those who woulditm
Definition
deprive us of
informationulditm
Term
Huxley saw truth...?
Definition
truth buried in a flood of
irrelevance
Term
Orwell feared we would become?
Definition
a captive
culture
Term
Huxley foresaw the
Definition
trivialization of culture.. Man has an infinite appetite for distractions
Term
Orwell saw people controlled by?
Definition
inflicting pain
Term
Huxley feared we would be controlled byg
Definition
inflicting pleasure
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: Harsh climate dictated the?
Definition
way of life for
nomadic tribes.
Term
way of life for nomadic tribes included?
Definition
dress, methods of warfare, family
structure, & way of getting waterr
Term
Tribes gathered around?
Definition
underground wellsround
Term
Before Islam, in the flat, unsheltered desert,
people had to?­
Definition
to wear had cover for protection.
Term
Bedouins crowded around the wells & such conditions required?
Definition
regulated social environmentbitm
Term
Arabian Desert Culture, A woman’s clothes were her?
Definition
only means of
privacy.
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: The Prophet said to his wivesatm
Definition
“You are allowed
to go out to answer the call of nature.”x¦NÏá.
Term
Clothing was the woman’s boundary in a?
Definition
tribe
that allowed minimal privacy. aag
Term
Men also adapted to the environment by?
Definition
wearing
robes.
Term
Arabian Desert Culture:Scarcity of water & other resources resulted in?
Definition
primal struggle for survival...This required absolute obedience to the tribe
Term
what did Bedouins use for cleaning?
Definition
sand or rocks
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: what was routinely used?
Definition
water
Term
Tribal system rewarded young males whoag
Definition
defended
the tribe.re,6
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: what was glorified?
Definition
War & raiding
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: what was the Dual justice system?
Definition
one for tribe & another for others, imag
Term
Arabian Desert Culture:The Christian Golden Rule was and is?
Definition
alien to Arabia
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: Use of women to reward heroes was part of
Definition
Arab tribal
culture before Mohammedt
Term
Arabian Desert Culture:Males & females accepted and wanted to preserve
Definition
gender roles.
Term
Arabian Desert Culture:While the desert was harsh, it protected Arab
independence because
Definition
nobody else wanted it
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: Christianity threatened institution of? and would
Definition
polygamy & would
have meant revolution in sexual life of Arabian male63
Term
Arabian Desert Culture: Mohammed personally benefitted from?
Definition
raiding & plunder
and wanted to preserve this system.pj
Term
what is culture?
Definition
Attitudes, values, beliefs shared
by the greater majority of people within a
societyio
Term
what is Political culture?
Definition
Attitudes, values,
beliefs that people have about politicsçˆö\
Term
What is political culture?...definition?
Definition
A widely shared set of “cognitions,
perceptions, evaluations, attitudes and
behavioral predispositions” that permit the members of that polity to “order and interpret political institutions and processes, and their own relationships with such institutions and processes.
Term
Why care about political culture? ..Importance:
Definition
Influences how people behave politically
.. determines effectiveness and stability
.. Has both domestic and international impactPD?
Term
Political Culture: ...Major dimensions(5)
Definition
.. National identity
.. View of membership in polity
.. View of fellow citizens
.. View of governmental performance
.. Persistence: Post-Soviet man
Term
Political Culture:Significant in the development of:(4)
Definition
.. Regime legitimacy
.. Popular behavior
..Social integration
.. Regime stabilityatio
Term
Political Culture: .. Identification with the regimep, imag
Definition
Conversely, alienation from the regimeag
Term
Political Culture: .. The “civic culture”:
Definition
.. parochialism
.. Avoiding ethnocentrism, stereotyping
Term
Cultural differencese”:.. Sub nationals
Definition
.. Ethnicity, Race
..Positive results
..Negative results
.. Religion
.. Unity or disunity?
Term
Cultural Differencese”: .. Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations”(4)
Definition
.. Cultural differences the greatest threat to
global stability and peace
.. Western cultural images of a “good” society
do not necessarily match those of other
cultures
.. A new phase of conflict
.. The next world war?3289
Term
Religion and culturee”:
Definition
.. Group identity
.. Religious differences
.. Important differences
.. Between religions (Islam vs. Christianity)
.. Within religions (Sunni vs. Shia)
.. The stakesfUuufxV
Term
Religion as culture:e”:
Definition
.. Answers basic questions about human
beings and the universe
.. Provides rules to live by
.. Identifies special role for group or nationmd=
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. Religion’s political relevancep,?(3)
Definition
.. Challenges based on values and virtue
.. Engages in debate
..What are religious obligations?
..What issues are secular?
..What is role of Church?
..What is role of State?
.. More religious than secular?n/x-m
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. The religious presence
Definition
Christianity dominates
..Twice the number of Muslims
..Christian = Roman Catholic, Protestant
.. Muslims dominate in Asia and Africa
..Many other religious groupsïý
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. “Religions of the book”(1/4)
Definition
.. Christianity, Islam, Judaism
..Share the Old Testament
..Christians add New Testament, Muslims add
the Koran and related practices
..Each has sacred documents, relics, and sites
..Inerrancy of sacred booksx-m
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. Rise of religious fundamentalism?(5)
Definition
.. Call for a strict, traditional interpretation of
religion
.. Christian, Muslim, Jewish
.. Response to contemporary change
..Return to God is necessary
.. Reliance on the “the book”ave-
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. Religious fundamentalism(3/3)
Definition
.. The failure of the secular
.. Modern state has lost its way
.. Demands for
..Divine justification for laws, institutions
..Religious territorial control
..Communitarian values«
Term
The Politics of Religion: Means to this end..Some examples?(5)
Definition
..Separatism
..Accommodation
..Anti-slavery movement
..Civil rights & anti-war movement in 1960s
..Right to life movement±
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. Islamic fundamentalism(3)
Definition
.. Aggressive pursuit of political power
.. No distinction between church and state
.. Does not require extremism or terrorism but
is associated with bothx-m
Term
The Politics of Religion: .. Jewish fundamentalism
Definition
.. Seek implementation of Jewish canon law
in public law in Israel
Term
Religious Activism:.. Christian activism (U.S.)(4)
Definition
.. Pressure groups
.. Local government and school boards
.. First involvement with Democratic party
.. “Christian Right” in Republican party
.. 2008 elections – less decisive factorckwave-
Term
Religious Activism:All seek to influence?
Definition
political institutions
and policymaking in some form/pj
Term
Religious Activism: .. Spread of fundamentalismxbitm(2/1)
Definition
.. Limited by divisions
.. Political significance in its polarizing and
fragmenting effects on internal politics
..Not a new phenomenontmcmd=
Term
Samuel Huntington saw culture as the?
Definition
next confrontation
Term
Clash of Civilizations:
Religion, in particular, is at the, imag
Definition
at the core of
this confrontation. imag
Term
The USSR’s ecological movement was a
factor in thege/pj
Definition
collapse of the Soviet Unionbitm
Term
Negative rights imply freedom from, imag
Definition
restraints of government and other
agencies
Term
Positive rights are those which provide
the
Definition
freedom to obtain something, such
as an education or freedom of
movement.«
Term
In 2005 the Uzbek government
Definition
arrested an
opposition politician and raided the office of an
opposition political alliance.Áß
Term
US Senators Bill Frist
and Richard Lugar introduced?
Definition
resolution calling
on the Uzbek government to respect rights of the
accused individuals.nce.Áß
Term
In 2006, Uzbek state television played a show
entitledj
Definition
"Hypocrites", in which Protestant
missionaries were said to have engaged in
plagiarism and drug use.A
Term
Begzot Kadyrov, specialist of the
State's Religious Affairs Committee, said,
Definition
"Turning
away from the religion of one's ancestors is not only
one's own mistake but could also lead to very bad
situations between brothers, sisters and between
parents and their children." Converts to Christianity
are "lost to family, friends and society”.5
Term
The Open Society Institute (OSI)is?
Definition
a private
foundation which promotes democratic governance,
human rights and social reform. OSI supports rule of
law & free media. It works to build international
alliances on issues such as corruption and rights abusesrp
Term
Genocide is defined ask?
Definition
action
which cause harm on members of
national, ethnic, racial, or religious
groups.o
Term
Collective goods:
Definition
values that
benefit the entire community.t
Term
Foreign policy is the process by
whichg
Definition
states pursue such interests.itm
Term
National interests:
Definition
fundamental needs
of states which give nations a
direction.±
Term
National strategy:
Definition
means by which
states implement foreign policy.
Term
National Security PolicyDefinition:
Definition
development of
strategies to deter aggression and
defend national interests.
Term
Diplomatic policy
Definition
contacts
relative to interstate political issues
-advances national security policy.io
Term
Intentional policy:
Definition
objectives of
government, both public & private.mage/pj
Term
Declaratory policy:
Definition
expressed in goals
and interests.y
Term
Operational policy:
Definition
foreign policy
decisions and actions taken by
governments.ëðM
Term
values?
Definition
preference for one state of
reality over anothermage/pj
Term
beliefs -
Definition
conviction that a
description of reality is correcte/pj
Term
cognition
Definition
data received from
environment helps change
perceptions
Term
Institute of USA &Canada
Definition
Created in 1967 in Moscow
Term
Institute of USA &Canada: Effort to utilize?
Definition
Western approaches to
researchm Intended to make official Soviet
perceptions more accurate
• Marxism-Leninism remained as guide
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