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After Midterm Flashcards

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Three defining features if liberal democracy:

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  • respect for the rule of law
  • limitations on the power of the government
  • protection of rights
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Constitutions

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  • foundational principals for each country are found in historical documents
    Constitution assigns:
  • powers for various branches of government
  • rules for operating government
  • relationship between the government and the people
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International Bill of Human rights

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  • Universal declaration of human rights
  • International covenant of economic, social, and cultural rights
  • International covenant of civil and political rights
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Two forms of political participation

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Conventional

  • voting
  • petitioning
  • lobbying
  • peaceful protests

Unconventional

  • violent protests
  • terrorism
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Factors that conduct democracy

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  • Cultural values that predispose towards democracy
  • Economic development
  • Strong middle-class; inequalities lead to instability
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Stages of democratization

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  • protest/revolution
  • liberalization policy
  • transition to democracy
  • consolidation of sustainable democracy
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Electoral fallacy

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The misconception that establishing electoral systems is enough to create and hold democratic systems

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three Goals of democracy:

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To eliminate:

  • totalitarian regimes
  • authoritarian regimes
  • Colonialism
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Global governance

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Collective function of international institutions that make and sustain global policies

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Terrorism

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Violence done to draw attention

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6 contributing factors of terrorism

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  • poverty
  • failure of the government to deal with problems
  • lack of democracy
  • resistance to globalization
  • foreign policies affecting another group
  • criminal activity
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6 goals of terrorism

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  • social/political justice
  • self-determination
  • racial superiority
  • to influence foreign policy
  • publicity
  • democratize the governement
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3 strategies of terrorism

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  • cultivate fear and insecurity
  • cultivate popular support
  • selective kidnapping and killing
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4 ways terrorism is financed

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  • individual contribution
  • government contribution
  • commercial activity (marketing diamonds/oil)
  • criminal activity
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Cost of terrorism (4 points)

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  • compromises citizen sense of safety, causes paranoia
  • economic confidence goes down
  • foreign policy causes conflict among countries
  • government spends money on it and it loses confidence
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4 Types of terrorism

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  • domestic (committed by individuals)
  • Nationalist
  • Religious
  • State (by the state against the people> Saddam Hussein)
17
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4 responses to terrorism

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  • Military action
  • legal action
  • intelligence gathering initiatives
  • proactive approach: dealing with fundamental causes
18
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6 reasons for global weapon proliferation

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  • superpower rivalry
  • self defense
  • ethnic conflict
  • global criminal activities
  • cultural values
  • authoritarian regimes
19
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4 reasons for small weapon proliferation

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  • low cost
  • easily obtained
  • simple, durable
  • portable, concealable
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4 reasons why proliferation of nuclear weapons happened

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  • started with emergence of nuclear age after WW2
  • due to cold war and mutually assured destruction
  • cuban missile crisis
  • ongoing conflicts in the middle east and asia
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4 ways america responded to nuclear proliferation

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  • non-proliferation treaties
  • Withdrew from intercontinental anti ballistic missile treaty
  • treaty with Russia to reduce war heads by 1/3
  • developed better nuclear weapons than other countries
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4 times chemical weapons were used

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  • WW1: Chlorine and mustard gas (Germans> Allies)
  • WW2: (Japan> China)
  • Vietnam war: USA
  • In Iraq and Syria against civilians
23
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3 times biological weapons were used

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  • WW1: Germans infected Ally feed stock
  • WW1 (Japan> China)
  • Iraq-Iran war
24
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America’s response to the financial crisis

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$787 billion economic stimulus package was passed by congress

25
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European response to the financial crisis

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  • relied on safety nets

- still had to cut budget deficits and raise retirement age

26
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China’s response to the financial crisis

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  • had a high amount of savings

- they expanded economic activity and production

27
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2 reasons the economy of Ireland change for the better?

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  • they were a cheap labour force

- they had access to the EU which gave them regional development initiatives

28
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2 reasons Ireland’s economy fall?

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  • Ireland overextended itself

- in massive public debt

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