Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

comparative politics > Final > Flashcards

Final Flashcards

1
Q

what is autonomy

A

a country’s freedom to act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

two types of autonomy

A

internal and external

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

internal autonomy

A

no uprising, no wide scale rebellions / protests; is your government free to pass laws and act as it wants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

external autonomy/soverignthy

A

are you under attack, take borders, outside companies or countries that are trying to force your country into something that it does not want to do

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what is capacity

A

do you have the resources to act on your autonomy; the money, educated people, roads, etc. (armed uprisings)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

what is liberalism

A

freedom; not concerned with equality; oney care about freedom of opportuni

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

what is communism

A

no freedom; all about quality

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

social democracy freedom

A

in between; wide range of balances in between but care about both

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

how would liberal view taxation

A

don’t like it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

social democracy taxation

A

higher taxes; range but higher than liberal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

communism taxes

A

between 0 and 100 but only one of the two; don’t now anything so it doesn’t get taxed but everything you make goes to the government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

modernization theory

A

no middle class; no democracy; argues that if there is no middle class there won’t be a democracy; 2.) even when modernization occurs it can be bad; only benefits some people then not everyone wins and the party that loses out can be convinced by those above them that the problems can be fixed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

role of elites

A

changing the interest calculation of elite; convince the elite that its better to give up power and give up money then they’ll take it; South Africa (kept wealth but gave up political power so you dont have to kill them; if you do kill them then you aren’t democracy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

civil society

A

that it can be bad; if groups are tying to gain power away from other groups then you are democracy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

international relations

A

are you occupied; what the power wants from you; are you a pawn in someone else battle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

what is coercion

A

use of threats to keep people in line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

what is cooption

A

reward people or buy them off; two types

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

what are two types of cooption

A

clientelism and corporism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

clientalism

A

buying off of individuals; party membership, better food, housing job

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

corporatims

A

group based buying people off; student unions, those who oversee a group; can get you your needs, will also spy on you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

personality cult

A

when a leader builds themselves up as sessence of country’; god like, images everywhere

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

theocracy

A

idea that holy texts are your governing documents; religion over the state

23
Q

resource trap

A

when a country has a resource that is valuable band are able to groww wealthy off that resource where they dont need to listen to the people; can buy them off or ignore them; should be rich but they are not; dont want a middle class to emerge

24
Q

hybrid regime

A

there is some freedom and liberty but not a lot (Russiaa or Mexico); form of authoritarian regime that works and functions like democracy

25
Q

totalitarian states

A

stalin’s USSR/
Nazi Germany/
North Korea; one that is highly centralized, no limit on state authority and wants to transform everything in society and economy

26
Q

base

A

underlying economic model that your country runs on; are you capitalist, communist; system of economic production of your society

27
Q

super structure

A

everything else; all of human society; used in communist theory to help keep you in line

28
Q

Bushwazee

A

property owning middle class

29
Q

prolitarian

A

workers

30
Q

noman platora

A

elite; communist members ; party leader members in congress

31
Q

vanguard and prolitariate

A

Lennon communist revolution can achieved in non industrial society even without the workers; substitute the working class

32
Q

Marks

A

thought you needed the working class

33
Q

final stage fo communist

A

communiste utopia

34
Q

glasnot and perotrenko

A

program that was put into place that led to the collapse of Soviet Union; opening a reform, could express concerns;

35
Q

shock therapy

A

idea that as you transition from communism into capitalist country all at once over night; Russia tried and did not work, hyper inflation 2000 a night

36
Q

russia to know

A

oligarch, powerful office

37
Q

russia oligarchs

A

rose after fall of communism and rose to power because they had the money in 1990’s

38
Q

power office in russia

A

presidency; doesn’t matter cause Putin in most powerful

39
Q

tienemen square

A

pro democracy uprising in china; good example of their lack of tolerance for any sort of uprising; also signaled the start of real economic reform and opening of economy

40
Q

bejing consensus

A

argument that countries should develop; mercantilist state lead capital

41
Q

operation ajax

A

US and UK operation that toppled the democratic government in Iran

42
Q

guardian council in iran

A

legal body of Iran that makes sure all those running fo roffice and all laws fit within goal of the regime

43
Q

basij in iran

A

they are the morality police in Iran and break of protests

44
Q

imperialism

A

where a state extends its power indirectly and use it to control resources in another country

45
Q

colonialism

A

has the same goal but the physical occupation of the land; can be done by military force or businesses

46
Q

key part of both imperial and colonial

A

can’t be it if you are native to the area; have to not be from the area

47
Q

middle income trap

A

countries are growing but are not growing fast enough to become high income

48
Q

impact on economies, society, and government

A

established extracted economies; one in which the colony is set up to benefit the imperial power

49
Q

how is the South African president elected

A

essentially prime minister; indirect election from the legislature; legislature elect

50
Q

south africa

A

demographic shifts, unrest, slowing economic growth and reform; fall of communism; west did not have any reason to back the apartheid

51
Q

license in india

A

license requirements to own and operate a business; they are bad and have students growth

52
Q

presidential rule

A

when the central government steps in to remove state government to stablize before turning it back over

53
Q

best way for a country to best boost level of freedom and economy

A

ensure that women have full and equal rights both under law and in society

comparative politics (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions