Chapter 17 Flashcards
A political state in which a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power
absolute monarchy
The role of the state in maintaining the economic conditions for sustained capitalist investment and profitability
accumulation function
The political principles and practice of social organization without formal or state leadership
anarchism
The absence of any organized government
anarchy
Violent military conflict in which there is a significant imbalance of technical and military means between combatants
asymmetrical warfare
Power that people accept because it comes from a source that is perceived as legitimate
authority
Power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities
charismatic authority
The internalized sense of individual dignity, rights, and freedom that accompanies formal membership in the political community
citizenship
The role of the state in maintaining social order by use of force
coercive function
A political state in which a monarch is head of state but whose powers are limited by a legal constitution
constitutional monarchy
Rule by the people
democracy
The deliberative process by which the will or decisions of the people are determined
democratic will formation
A form of government in which decision making, even in matters of detail, is conducted through assemblies made up of all citizens
direct democracy
A situation in which power and resistance are fixed into a more or less permanent hierarchical arrangement
domination
(1) A geographically widespread organization of individual states, nations, and peoples that is ruled by a centralized government; (2) The contemporary global network form of power whose territory is the entire globe and whose network nodes include the dominant nation‐states, supranational institutions, and major capitalist corporations
empire
The various means and strategies used to direct the behaviour and actions of others (or of oneself)
government
The ideal norm of democratic discussion in which every subject is permitted to take part in public discussion, to question assertions, to introduce assertions, and to express attitudes, desires, and needs; no subject can be prevented from speaking
ideal speech situation
An event staged using primarily visual symbols as a means of public persuasion
image event
The process of controlling the impact of one’s appearance to others
image management
The institutions that organize the regular processes of democracy including parliament, the civil service, electoral procedures, constitutions, rule of law, etc
institutions of democracy
The role of the state in securing social harmony and the consent of the public to be ruled
legitimation function
A form of government in which a single person, or monarch, rules until that individual dies or abdicates the throne
monarchy
A political unit whose boundaries are co-extensive with a cultural, linguistic or ethnic nation
nation-state
A style of government which governs individuals through their exercise of freedom and free choice
neoliberalism
The social process in which civil society organizes itself for military action and the production of violence as a routine practice of everyday life
normalization of militarization
The state acts as a neutral mediator to balance the competing interests and demands of divergent interest groups in society
pluralist theory
(1) The means by which form is given to the life of a people; (2) The activity of striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state
politics
The underlying societal factors and social changes that create constituencies of people with common interests
political demand
The process in which political messaging is subject to sophisticated controls, calculations, and communications strategies
political image management
The strategies and organizational capacities of political parties to deliver an appealing political program to particular constituencies
political supply
Concerns with quality-of-life issues: personal autonomy, self-expression, environmental integrity, women’s rights, gay rights, the meaningfulness of work, habitability of cities, etc
postmaterialist
A condition in which lethal violence is present as a constant potentiality, always and everywhere ready to erupt
post-security
(1) The ability to exercise one’s will over others; (2) The capacity or to create and act
power
An open democratic space for public debate and deliberation
public sphere
Power that is legitimized by rules, regulations, and laws
rational-legal authority
A government wherein citizens elect officials to represent their interests
representative democracy
A rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the way of life, social structure, and political institutions of a society
revolution
The system by which the world is divided up into separate and indivisible sovereign territories or states
sovereign state system
The political form in which a single, central, supreme lawmaking authority governs within a clearly demarcated territory
sovereignty
A human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory
state
A condition of crisis in which the law or the constitution is temporarily suspended so that the state can claim emergency powers
state of exception
The use of violence on civilian populations and institutions to achieve political ends
terrorism
Power legitimized on the basis of long-standing customs
traditional authority
A violent armed conflict between politically distinct groups
war
