Chapter 9 pt1 Flashcards
what is political crime
rule breaking by people with political goas and/or people in possession of political power
what is conformity
following norms (opposite of deviance)
what is the largest scale (most extreme) form of political conflict
war
what are the five different ways of conducting political conflict
Discussion, Debate, Protest, Rebellion, and War
what are two smaller versions of war
terrorism and civil wars
what are internal political crimes
political crimes were the people in political power withheld informations about an issue/conflict from society
what is corruption
it is the simplest form of political crime and includes
Bribery
Patronage
and Fraud
What is Bribery
the payment of money or favours for special consideration
what is patronage
giving special consideration to people on the basis of friendship
what is fraud
use of deception or false information for the purpose of self-enrichment
what are modern societies founded on
scientific rationality, the rule of law, and democratic participation
what is particularism
a theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests without regarding the interests of other groups
what three facts account for the University of Particularism in modern politics
People know who they are favouring and why
People know that working for a particular party will result in rewards
Political patronage works consistently (rewarding)
what is the Transparency Internationals Rankings
they give countries scores based on political corruption
Puts global corruption into an international perspective
how does the TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’s Rankings work
0 score = most corrupt
100= least corrupt
which countries were in the top ten, and where is Canada now??
Canada, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Singapore
Canada is now top 11
which type of countries experience the least political corruption (6 points)
1.High levels of economic development.
2.high economic freedom
long
3.exposure to democracy
4.unitary structure
5.protestant traditions
6. and a British legal structure
what is treason
a label given by the state to those acts that oppose its goals of the government
or seeking to overthrow the government
ex.if a Russian says they are against Putin, they are committing treason
Why do people commit treason
they want to right a wrong by standing up to the government when they see something is wrong politcaly
why can criminalizing opposition to the state be goof
because it maintains social and political stability
what are riots
form of political protest that indicates dissatisfaction with the government
what are characteristics of riots
emotional
violent
unplanned and unpredictable outcomes
chaotic
what are riots usually set off by
an incident involving the police in a minority neighbourhood
what determines whether a riot will follow a precipitating (cause to happen suddenly) incident
actions of the local government and local police
how does mass media play a role in in riots
by spreading rationalizations (justifying behaviour) and the symbols of identification that rioters use
what are three things that hold people of a riot together
strong social ties
shared motives
shared end goals
what is the goal of torture
to inflict severe pain, which is the goal in itself (to punish) or extract information
what are the Geneva conventions
contains 4 traits that ban torture and other things in war, yet many countries still use torture
ex.prison in cuba
which popular intelligence agency uses torture
the CIA
in the long term, why’s torture bad
it effects the rule of law and civil liberties in a country that claims to have them
what is a common definition for war
an armed conflict between two countries or groups within a country
how has “war” changed throughout the years
before wars were mostly fought on a local scale (between neighbouring groups)
but advances in military technology means wars can be fought thousands of miles apart
what are two major causes for war
fighting over natural resources (ex.oil) and/or differences in ideological beliefs
what to political protests reflect
a bad fit between cultural goals and the means to achieve them
what is a revolution
a successful rebellion. The success of overthrowing an elite and changing the social and authority structure of the state
what do revolutions replace
one form of despotism with another
According to SKOCPOL which countries were “fully established imperial states”
Pre-revolutionary France, russia, and china
What did Barrington Moore say about revolutions
that the outcome depends largely on which social classes attack the ruler
what is the result of a revolution from peasants
a communist regime (they want resources they don’t have0
what is the result of independent farmers or craftsmen in a revolution (middle class people)
a parliamentary democracy *they want equal say/rights, independence, and their voices heard
what is the result of a military/aristrocracy revolution
Fascism, usually take over because they have a charismatic leader who wants control and to make a change
