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| State-Sponsored Terrorism |
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| Supported directly by the state as an instrument of foreign policy. |
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| Public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government regime. |
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| The ability of a state to carry out action or policies within its own territory independently of external or internal rivals. |
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| The process of rapid marketization. |
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| The process by which global connections become more intensive or thick. |
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| What is the difference between a Revolution and Coup d' etat? |
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| Belief that all institutions and values are essentially meaningless. |
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| Ruled by an elected leadership through procedures of questionable democratic legacy. |
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| Rule by one or more military officials, after brought to power by coup d'etat. |
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| "Rule by God." Holy texts serve as foundation for regime and politics. |
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| An arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the rulers will. |
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| "Rule by theft." Where those in power seek to drain the state of assets and resources. |
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| A process in which political leaders essentially rent out parts of the state to their patrons, who as a result control public goods that would otherwise be distributed in a non-political manner. |
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| A process whereby the state co-opts members of the public by providing specific benefits or favors to a single person or small group in return for public support. |
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| A method of co-option whereby Authoritarian systems create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the interest of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state. |
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| The public is encouraged to obey the leader based on his or her extraordinary qualities and compelling ideas. |
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| Members of the public are brought into a beneficial relationship with the state and government, often through corporatism or clientism. |
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| Public obedience is enforced through violence and surveillance. |
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| A political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation, but that emphasizes hostility towards elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater public power in the hands of the public. |
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| Theory of development in which the existence of natural resources in a given state is a barrier to modernization and democracy. |
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| What is the idea of the golden Jacket? |
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| That globalization will bind states to international agreements that will reduce violent conflicts. |
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| A non-democratic regimes that is highly centralized, possessing some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society, and the economy using a wide array of institutions. |
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| A political regime that is controlled by a small group of individuals who exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public. |
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| A political system in which a small group of individuals exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public. |
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| International Monetary Fund. |
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| A political system in which the legislature comprises of two houses. |
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| Bureaucratic Authoritarianism |
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| A system in which the state bureaucracy and the military share a belief that a technocratic leadership , focused on rational, objective, and technical expertise can solve the problems of the state without public participation. |
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| The ability of the state to wield power to carry out basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes and managing the economy. |
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| An individuals's relationship to the state, wherein citizens swear allegiance to that state and the state in return is obligated to provide rights to those citizens. |
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| An imperialist system of physically occupying a foreign territory using military force, businesses, or settlers. |
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| an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government. |
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| A political-economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and ultimately, the need for political institutions such as the state. |
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| A situation wherein less developed countries' development depends on rich country's market. |
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| Many countries in Latin America opted for a form of economic development after World War II known as? |
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| Import substituting industrialization |
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| Many countries in Asia opted for a form of economic development after World War II known as? |
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| Export-oriented industrialization |
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| The untaxed and unregulated sector of the economy is known as the __________ economy. |
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| One important impact of globalization on the study of politics is that the lines between: |
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| domestic politics and international relations are blurred. |
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| Optimist believe that societal globalization, through a process of "creative destruction," could lead to _________. |
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| Optimistic belief that societal globalization, through a process of "creative destruction," could lead to |
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| Use of violence by non-state actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal. |
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| Terrorism can be first traced back to which important historical event? |
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| When looking at terrorist backgrounds, we find that the leaders |
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| Often come from educated backgrounds. |
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| Humiliation (Political Violence) |
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| An individuals explanation for political violence. |
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| What is the difference between a revolution and a coup d'etat? |
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| Presidentialism (Political Violence) |
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| An example of an institutional explanation for political violence. |
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| Ideational (Political Violence) |
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| Ideas may justify or promote the use of violence. Might see this is some forms of religious fundamentalism; nationalism. |
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| War Crimes and human rights abuses |
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| The use of violence by states against civilians in order to achieve a political goal. |
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| A political system in which political power is exercised either directly or indirectly by the people. |
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| Sudden defeat of a government through illegal force by a small group, often a military one. |
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| free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. ... a person who Is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world |
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| Process of historical change that is not evolutionary, but revolutionary; the existing base and superstructure (thesis) would come into conflict with new technological innovations, generating growing opposition to the existing order (antithesis)- this would culminate in revolution, overthrowing the old base and superstructure (synthesis) |
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| Active role in the state in pursing wealth. exports are good, imports are bad. Believes that state power comes from accumulation of wealth. An example is Japan 1950-1980's |
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| A system where state, labor and business set policy in concert not through conflict. |
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| Ascription, an identity assigned at birth, fixed. Specific attributes and societal institutions that make one group of people culturally different from others. |
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| A sense of belonging to a nation and a belief in its political aspirations. |
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| Treaty of Westphalia was signed in what year? |
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| 1648, started the idea of Sovereignty. |
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Sets of values held by individuals about fundamental goals of politics.
Five different types:
Liberalism
Communism
Social Democracy
Fascism
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| Violence outside of state control that is politically motivated. |
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That in a two party system a third party has an issue getting established because people do not want to feel like they wasted their vote.
plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system, whereas "the double ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartism |
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| (EOI) Export Orientated Industrialization |
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| A mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country seeks out technologies and develops industries focused specifically on export markets. |
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| Literally "openness"; the policy of political liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. |
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| Literally, "Restructuring"; the policy of political and economic liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. |
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| A conflict whereby non-state combatants who largely abide by the rules of war target the state. |
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| A regime where democratic institutions that rest upon the rule of law are weakly institutionalized and poorly respected. |
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| A system in which a state extends its power to directly control territory, resources and people beyond its borders. |
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| A mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country restricts imports in order to spur demand for locally produced goods. |
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| Intergovernmental Organizations |
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| Group created by states to serve a certain policy ends. |
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| An indirect form of imperialism in which powerful countries overly influence the economies of less-developed countries. |
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| A policy of economic liberalization adopted in exchange for financial support form liberal international organizations; typically includes privatizing state run firms, ending subsidies, reducing tariff barriers, shrinking the size of the state, and welcoming foreign investment. |
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| (IMF) International Monetary Fund |
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| Part of the Bretton Woods system along with the World Bank, the World Trade Organization. Goal is to expand and manage economic trade between countries. |
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| Foreign Direct Investment |
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| The purchase of assets in a country by a foreign firm. |
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| (MNC) Multi-National Corporation |
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| Firm that produces, distributes and markets its goods or services in more than one country. |
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| (IGO) Intergovernmental Organization |
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| Group created by the state to serve certain policy ends. |
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| a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs |
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