In class quiz 1 Flashcards
Define Politics
Activity related to influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community
Charismatic authority
authority is based on the perception that a leader has extraordinary or supernatural qualities (exp. Fidel castro, hitler, jesus)
Legal-rational authority
is based on legal rules and procedures rather than on the personal qualities or characteristics
Traditional authority
Traditional authority is based on customs that establishs the person’s right to rule.
what are the three faces of power?
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
Authority
the right to exercise power, to make decisions and enforce obedience.
Legitimacy
citizen’s acceptance that those in positions of power have the right to govern
state
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
government
The set institutions that make decisions and oversees their implementation on behalf of the state for a particular period of time
sovereignty
the principle that states are the highest authority for their population and territory.
Political ideology
is a package of interconnected ideas and beliefs about government, society, the economy and human nature that inspire & affect human action
Left-wing
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
Right Wing
is based on ideologies associated with opposition to imposing greater social and economic equality and with maintaining traditional (often religious-based) moral values.
Rule of Law
the idea that people should be subject to known, predictable, and impartial rules of conduct, rather than to the arbitrary orders of particular individuals
Liberal democracy
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
Classical Liberalism
a form of liberalism that views government as having the limited purpose of ensuring life, liberty and property is protected.
Reform Liberalism
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
neo-liberalism
a perspective based on a strong belief in the free marketplace and opposition to government intervention in the company.
conservatism
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
Reactionaries
a conservative who favours a return to the values and institutions of the past ( Make America Great Again)
New Right
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.
Social conservatism
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.
Socialism
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.
historical materialism
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.
communism
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.
Leninism
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.
Democratic socialism
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
Anarchism
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.
Facism
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
Nazism
a version of fascism associated with Adolf Hitler, emphasizing racial conflict and the superiority of the “Aryan race”.
social Darwinism
The use of Darwin’s theory of evolution to argue that competition and conflict allow humanity to evolve through the “survival of the fittest”
Free rider problem
a problem that occurs during collective voluntary action. Free rider problem happens when an individual can enjoy the benefits of group action without contributing.
individualist perspective
the belief that views human beings act primarily within their own interests
Pluralist system
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.
governance
the implementation of decisions often with the involvement of state and non state organizations
failed state
a state that us unable to enforce laws, maintain order, protect the lives of citizens and provide basic services.
nation state
a sovereign state based on people living in a country that share same ethnicity, religion.
nation
a group of people who share a sense of common identity and believe they should be self-governing within their homeland.
nationalism
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
Civic nationalism
nationalism based on shared political values and political history of those who are citizens of a country
National Self determinism
the idea that nations should have the right to determine their political status
Binational or Multinational states
States whose populations are composed of two or more nations
corporate state
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.
