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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1st dimension of power

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A has power over B, A can get B to do what A wants, that B would otherwise not do. “concrete observable behavior”

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2nd dimension of power

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Not giving a person all the options. Only allowing them to choose from what you want them to choose from. “agenda setting”

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3rd dimension of power

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Ability to influence someone regardless of that persons core beliefs. “manipulation” “false sense of consciousness”

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5 political issues

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Political Development 
Regime Change & Type
Participation & Representation 
Policymaking
Political Economy
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Poltical Development

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Process through which modern nations/states arise and how political institutions/regimes evolve

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Regime Type & Change

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A set of formal and informal political institutions that define a type of government

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2 regime types

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Democratic

Authoritarian

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5 government types

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Representative democracy 
Direct democracy 
Rule by experts
Strong leader
Rule by military
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Representative democracy

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Citizens elect representatives and they decide what is law for us “U.S.A”

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Direct democracy

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Citizen vote directly, and they decide what comes into law

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Rule by experts

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Scholars make decisions based on what they think is best for the country, bypassing politics.

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Strong leader

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The strong leader makes decisions on what they think is best and pushes laws without interference

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Rule by military

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Military rules the country

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2 types of political theories

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Empirical

Normative

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Empirical theory

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Describes a pattern, explains it, predicts what will happen next

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Normative theory

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What ought to happen

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3 research methods

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Single case study
Comparative method
Quantitive statistical techniques

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Single case study

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studies a political phenomenom in 1 county and generates ideas for a new theory

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What explains political behavior?

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Individual motivation (Interests)
Culture & Ideology (beliefs)
Underlying structure (structure)
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Individual motivation

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The assumption that people are involved in politics for their own self interest.

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Culture & Ideology

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Involved because of values and beliefs.

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Underlaying structure

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Political behavior if influenced/determined by broader structures, such as class divisions

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Comparative method

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scholars try to mimic laboratory conditions by carefully selecting similar cases.

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Pluralist theories

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explanation of who has power that argue that society is divided into various political groups and that power is dispersed among these groups so that no group has complete or permanent power

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Elite theories

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theories that all argue that societies are ruled by a small group that has effective control over all power

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Pluralist theories (Key arguments)

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Society is divided into political groups
Power is dispersed among groups
No group has complete or permanent power
Even authoritarian regimes

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Elite theory (Key arguments)

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All societies are ruled by and elite with control over virtually all power
Marxism
The power elite 
Patriarchy 
Critical race theories
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Marxism

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Political power reflects control of the economy; its based on economic power of the bourgeoisie; who owns and controls capital and is the ruling elite in capitalist society

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Quantitative statistical techniques

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research method used for large-scale studies that reduce evidence to sets of numbers so that statistical analysis can compare huge number cases

30
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Compulsory Voting

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A requirement that eligible voters to vote
in elections, or show up at the polling station on
election day. Punishments are imposed on eligible
voters who don’t vote.

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The State

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An ongoing administrative apparatus that develops and administers laws and generates and implements public
policies in a specific territory.

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4 traits of a state

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Territory
Sovereignty
Legitimacy
Bureaucracy

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Territory (State)

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Clear defined boarders

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Sovereignty (internal) (State)

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sole authority within a territory capable of making and enforcing laws and policies

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Sovereignty (external) (State)

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relative to outside powers that is legally recognized in international law

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Legitimacy (State)

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recognized by the right to rule

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Traditional legitimacy (State)

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right to rule based on a societies long standing patterns and practices

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Charismatic legitimacy (State)

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Right to rule based on personal virtue, heroism or other extraordinary characteristics

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Rational-legal legitimacy (State)

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right of leader to rule based on their selection according to an accepted set of laws, standards or procedures

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Bureaucracy (State)

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Large set of appointed officials whose function is to implement laws of the state, directed by the executive

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Recognition

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A formal way of showing that you recognize the state and want to work with the political leaders of that country.

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3 characteristics of recognizing a state

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Exchange ambassadors
Economic trade
Free travel

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3 key questions in Comparative Politics

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What explains political behavior?
Who rules?
Where and why do particular types of political behavior occur?

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Who rules?

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Elitest

Pluralist

45
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Strong states (3 characteristics)

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Deliver the crucial political goods
Critical political good is, security. (Other key goods: political freedoms, rule of law, medical care, schools, roads, banking system)
Tend to be wealthier, less corrupt, less violent, and more
legitimate

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Weak states (3 characteristics)

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Partially able to provide adequate political goods to its
citizens.
Schools and hospitals show signs of neglect.
Ruled by despots.

47
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Failed state (2 characteristics)

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So weak that it loses effective sovereignty over part or all
of its territory.
Tense, deeply conflicted, dangerous, and contested bitterly by warring factions. Its enduring character is violence. Warlords take over.

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Why are weak states weak?

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Colonialism

49
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Collapsed State

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An extreme case of a failed state

50
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Colonialism (weak)

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Acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

51
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Resource curse

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when a state relies on a key resource for all of it revenue, allowing it to ignore it citizens, resulting in a weak state.

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