In class quiz 1

Question 1

Define Politics

Answer 1

Activity related to influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community

Question 2

Charismatic authority

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authority is based on the perception that a leader has extraordinary or supernatural qualities (exp. Fidel castro, hitler, jesus)

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Legal-rational authority

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is based on legal rules and procedures rather than on the personal qualities or characteristics

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Traditional authority

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Traditional authority is based on customs that establishs the person’s right to rule.

Question 5

what are the three faces of power?

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First face- the ability to affect decisions
Second face- the ability to set architecture of choice
Third face - The ability to affect the dominant ideas of society

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Authority

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the right to exercise power, to make decisions and enforce obedience.

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Legitimacy

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citizen’s acceptance that those in positions of power have the right to govern

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state

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an independent, self-governing political community whose governing institutions have the capability to make rules that are binding on the population residing within a particular territory

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government

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The set institutions that make decisions and oversees their implementation on behalf of the state for a particular period of time

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sovereignty

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the principle that states are the highest authority for their population and territory.

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Political ideology

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is a package of interconnected ideas and beliefs about government, society, the economy and human nature that inspire & affect human action

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Left-wing

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The general position associated with advocacy of greater social and economic equality, laws are based in universal human rights laws and it typically doesn’t support religious institutions

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Right Wing

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is based on ideologies associated with opposition to imposing greater social and economic equality and with maintaining traditional (often religious-based) moral values.

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Rule of Law

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the idea that people should be subject to known, predictable, and impartial rules of conduct, rather than to the arbitrary orders of particular individuals

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Liberal democracy

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a political system that combines the liberal ideas of limited government, individual freedom, and the rule of law with a democratic system of governing based on the election of representatives

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Classical Liberalism

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a form of liberalism that views government as having the limited purpose of ensuring life, liberty and property is protected.

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Reform Liberalism

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A version of liberalism that combines support for individual freedom with a belief that government action may be needed to help remove obstacles to individual development

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neo-liberalism

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a perspective based on a strong belief in the free marketplace and opposition to government intervention in the company.

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conservatism

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an ideology/perspective that emphasizes the values of order, stability, respect for authority, and tradition based on a view that humans are inherently imperfect with a limited capacity for reason

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Reactionaries

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a conservative who favours a return to the values and institutions of the past ( Make America Great Again)

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New Right

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a perspective that combines, in various ways, the promotion of free-market capitalism and limited government and traditional cultural and moral values. Developed in the 1970s.

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Social conservatism

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a version of conservatism that advocates public policies based on traditional moral and religious values including opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage and pre-marital sex. (also known as the religious right or Christian right) is associated with the growth of some versions of fundamentalist and evangelical Christianity.

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Socialism

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A political ideology that views human beings as social in nature and believes the capitalist system undermines the cooperative and community-oriented nature of humanity. socialism advocates the establishment of an egalitarian society.

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historical materialism

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the view that historical development and the dynamics of society/politics can be understood by the way a society is organized to produce material goods.

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communism

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a system in which private property has been replaced by collective or communal ownership and everyone is free to take from society as they need.

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Leninism

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the version of marxism that includes the belief that the capitalist system can only be overthrown by force, by means of a tightly disciplined party controlled by a revolutionary vanguard.

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Democratic socialism

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the perspective that socialism should be achieved by democratic rather than revolutionary means and that a socialist society should be democratic in nature with political rights and freedoms respected

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Anarchism

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an ideology that views the state as the key source of oppression and seeks to replace the state with a system based on voluntary cooperation.

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Facism

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an ideology that combines an aggressive form of nationalism with a strong belief in the natural. While maintaining a strong belief in the naturalness of inequality and opposition to both liberal and democracy and communism

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Nazism

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a version of fascism associated with Adolf Hitler, emphasizing racial conflict and the superiority of the “Aryan race”.

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social Darwinism

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The use of Darwin’s theory of evolution to argue that competition and conflict allow humanity to evolve through the “survival of the fittest”

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Free rider problem

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a problem that occurs during collective voluntary action. Free rider problem happens when an individual can enjoy the benefits of group action without contributing.

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individualist perspective

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the belief that views human beings act primarily within their own interests

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Pluralist system

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a political system in which large numbers of groups representing different interests are able to influence the decisions of a government. The government will try to satisfy as many groups as possible and no group has a dominant influence.

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governance

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the implementation of decisions often with the involvement of state and non state organizations

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failed state

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a state that us unable to enforce laws, maintain order, protect the lives of citizens and provide basic services.

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nation state

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a sovereign state based on people living in a country that share same ethnicity, religion.

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nation

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a group of people who share a sense of common identity and believe they should be self-governing within their homeland.

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nationalism

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the idea that the nation-state is the best form of political community, that a nation should have its own self-governing state and the interests, culture and values should be promoted

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Civic nationalism

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nationalism based on shared political values and political history of those who are citizens of a country

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National Self determinism

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the idea that nations should have the right to determine their political status

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Binational or Multinational states

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States whose populations are composed of two or more nations

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corporate state

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A system associated with fascist Italy in which business and labour work harmoniously to achieve goals established by the state to advance the good of the nation.