FSOT Master 13 Flashcards
cultural imperialism
The attempt to impose your own value system on others, including judging others by how closely they conform to your norms. Relativists accuse universalists of doing this.
Cultural Revolution
1966–76: Upheaval launched by Mao Zedong to renew the spirit of revolution in China. Mao feared urban social stratification in a society as traditionally elitist as China and also believed that programs instituted to correct for the failed Great Leap Forward showed that his colleagues lacked commitment to the revolution. He organized China’s urban youths into groups called the Red Guards, shut down China’s schools, and encouraged the Red Guards to attack all traditional values and “bourgeois things.†They soon splintered into zealous rival groups, and in 1968 Mao sent millions of them to the rural hinterland, bringing some order to the cities. Within the government, a coalition of Mao’s associates fought with more moderate elements, many of whom were purged, were verbally attacked, were physically abused, and subsequently died; leaders Liu Shaoqi and Lin Biao both died under mysterious circumstances. From 1973 to Mao’s death in 1976, politics shifted between the hard-line Gang of Four and the moderates headed by Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. After Mao’s death the Cultural Revolution was brought to a close. By that time, nearly three million party members and countless wrongfully purged citizens awaited reinstatement. The Cultural Revolution subsequently was repudiated in China. See also Jiang Qing.
currency markets
markets in which traders buy and sell currencies; the values of currencies set in these markets have a powerful influence on foreign exchange rates
current dollars
The value of the dollar in the year for which it is being reported. Sometimes called inflated dollars. Any currency can be expressed in current value.
Czech Coup
Feb. 1948 – A Soviet supported coup in which the government of Czechoslavkia, the last independent government in Eastern Europe, was replaced by a communist regime that was a puppet of the Soviet Union.
D-Day
American and British invasion of German-occupied France during WWII on June 6, 1944. This marked the beginning of the victory of the Allies in Europe. Germany surrendered less than a year later.
Death of Stalin
1953 - He continued his repressive political measures to control internal dissent; increasingly paranoid, he was preparing to mount another purge after the so-called Doctors’ Plot when he died. Noted for bringing the Soviet Union into world prominence, at terrible cost to his own people, he left a legacy of repression and fear as well as industrial and military power. In 1956 Stalin and his personality cult were denounced by Nikita Khrushchev.
decolonization
the process by which colonial powers divested themselves of empires
dehumanization
Stigmatization of enemies as sub-human or nonhuman, leading frequently to widespread massacres or, in the worst cases, destruction of entire populations.
democratic peace
democracies almost never fight each other - trade creates interdependence
democratization
the spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative
Dependency theory
The beleif that the industrialized North has created a neocolonial relationship with the South in which the less developed countries are dependent on and disadvantaged by their economic relations with the capital industrial countries.
dependent variable
the variable that you believe might be influenced or modified by some treatment or exposure. It is also the main object of study.
deterrence
The threat to punish another actor if it takes a certain negative action (especially attacking one’s own state or one’s allies). The term has a somewhat more specific meaning in the context of the nuclear balance between the superpowers during the Cold War.
developed countries
nation-states which have industrial and post-industrial economies
developing countries
nation-states which are industrializing
devolution
A process in which political power is “sent down” to lower levels of state and government.
Diego Garcia
Atoll in the Indian Ocean with a large runway that the US and Indian navies use for drills.
difference feminism
values the unique contributions of women as women, believes gender differences are not just socially constructed & that views women inherently less warlike than men
diplomatic immunity
Refers to diplomats’ activity being outside the jurisdiction of the host country’s national courts.
diplomatic recognition
The process by which the status of embassies and that of an ambassador as an official state representative are explicitly defined.
distributive policies
government policies that allocate valuable resources
dominance “status hierarchy”
a power hierarchy in which those at the top control those below
dominance advantage
like a government, it forces members of a group to contribute to the common good