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True or False: OVER HALF THE WORLD’S POPULATION STILL LIVES IN SOCIETIES DEFINED AS EITHER “PARTLY FREE”, OR “NOT FREE”

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True

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The following refers to what? 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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Nondemocratic regime

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True or False: Nondemocratic regimes CANNOT exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public

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False, Nondemocratic regimes can DEFINITELY exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public

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True or False: Authoritarianism is synonymous with Nondemocratic regimes

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True

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What serves as a catch all statement for all NDR’s that are not considered “Totalitarian”?

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Authoritatisnism

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List four examples of authoritarianism

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  • Autocracy
  • Oligarchy
  • Dictatorship
  • Tyranny
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The following refers to what?
_____ is a form of non-democratic rule with a highly centralized state and a regime with a well-defined ideology that seeks to transform and fuse the institutions of state, society, and the economy.

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Totalitarianism

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Which countries are less likely to be democratic and why?

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Countries in poverty because they are not self-reliant.

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Which countries are more likely to be unequal?

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Countries in poverty

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No middle class = what?

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No democracy

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How do elites protect their economic power?

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Through repression

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What do elites most value?

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Their economic power

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The existence of natural resources acts as a barrier to democratic development refers to what?

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Resource Trap

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If there isn’t a need for taxes, is the public’s input required?

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No, there are no trade offs

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What do elites like to stunt?

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Modernization

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What is theoretically essential to democracy?

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A civil society

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The following refers to what? The elites and established institutions do not fully represent the will of the people and a new movement, free from ideology and often led by a charismatic leader, can usher in a new order.

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Populism

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Can civil society exist in nondemocratic regimes?

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Yes

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These groups call themselves, civil societies, become nondemocratic merely seeking to replace the current system. What are they?

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Nondemocratic regimes

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Compelling individuals by threatening harm or their lives or livelihoods refers to what?

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Coercion

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Which process refers to when individuals outside of an organization are brought into a beneficial relationship with it, making them dependent on the regime for certain rewards?

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Co-optation

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State sanctioning of organizations is known as what?

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Corportatism

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Are corporatist states TRULY independent?

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No

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The following refers to what? The promotion of the image of a leader not merely as a political figure but as someone who embodies the spirit of the nation, possesses endowments of wisdom and strength far beyond those of the average individual, and is thus portrayed in a quasi-religious manner as all-wise, all-seeing, all-knowing.

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Personality cult

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Handing out support to groups in order to build loyalty is known as what?

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Patrimonialism

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What is a Coup d’etat?

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When the military takes over the government and rules

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The following refers to what?Technical, rational leadership is best

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BUREAUCRATIC AUTHORITARIANISM

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Give one example of a country and leader who practices BUREAUCRATIC AUTHORITARIANISM

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Russia and President Putin

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The following refers to what? “Rule by God”, the regime is premised on religious doctrine.

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Theocracy

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Give an example of a country that is a theocracy.

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Iran

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