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Mid Term Chaps 5-8 Flashcards

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Structural functional definition of state

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The key organizational structures that operate the government and the key functions that the state performs

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Sovereignty

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The premise that each state has complete authority and is the ultimate source of law within its own boundaries

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Territorial integrity

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A state has the right to resist and reject any aggression, invasion, or intervention within its territorial boundaries

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Gabriel almonds structural functional approach

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  • political socialization
  • political recruitment
  • political communication
  • interest articulation
  • interest aggregation
  • policy making
  • policy implementation
  • policy adjudication
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Legal definition of state

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A territorially bound sovereign entity

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Roles of executives

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  • Leadership roles
  • Symbolic and ceremonial roles
  • supervision of the administration
  • supervision of the military and foreign affairs
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Executive definition

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To carry out the political systems, policies, laws, and directives.

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Duel executive

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One actor, the head of state, performs the more ceremonial aspects of top leadership, while the other actor, the head of government, is responsible for the more political aspects of governance.

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Fused executive

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A single actor fulfills both the ceremonial roles associated with the head of state and the political functions associates with the head of the government

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What is an example of a dual executive system

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Monarchies

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Legislatures definition

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Structures in which representatives of the people discuss, assess, and enact public policies.

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Three broad roles modern legislatures have

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  1. Enacting legislation
  2. Representing the citizenry
  3. Overseeing the executive and administration
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How are most legislatures elected

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By a set of voters

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What is obudsman

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An independent agency that investigates complaints regarding the actions of the executive branch and its administrative units.

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Pros of unicameral legislatures

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Political responsibility is located in one legislative body and risks of duplication and stalemate between parallel bodies are eliminated.

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What kind of legislature does the United States have?

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A bicameral Legislature

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Pros of a bicameral legislature

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Two legislative houses provide more careful deliberation on issues and laws. Also two houses make it easier to accommodate different desirable models of representation.

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What is the number of members in a legislature

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The number of members varies enormously. Some houses have fewer that 10 members and others having thousands of members.

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Administration definition

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The general term used to describe the machinery and the process through which the states rules and policies are applied and implemented.

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Five broad functions of administration

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  1. Provision of public goods and services
  2. Regulation and enforcement of public policies
  3. Provision of knowledge
  4. Information management
  5. Extraction of resources
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Bureaucracy definition

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An organization that is hierarchical and specialized by means of elaborate division of labor

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Max Webber’s definition of bureaucracy

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A particular structure and set of processes through which the administration can operate

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Judiciary definition

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The system of courts and personnel that determines that weather the rules of the society have been transgressed and, if so, weather sanctions ought to be imposed on the transgressor

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Adjudication definition

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Attempts to interpret and apply the reverent rules or laws to a given situation

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What is an independent judiciary?

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The judicial actors are not under the direct control of any political structure

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Judicial review definition

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Judicial structures establish the final interpretation of what the constitution and the laws mean

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Constitution definition

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A set of statements describing the fundamental rules of the political system

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What is the Constitutional purpose

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It declares the existence of the state and expresses three crucial sets of rules: 1)allocates governmental activities 2)establishes formal power relationships 3)limits the power of the rulers and guarantees the rights of the ruled

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Constitutional regime definition

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Operates in terms of the rule of law and ensures effective restraints on the power holders

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What is the defining feature of a constitutional regime

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State attempts to fulfill the provisions of its constitution

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Non constitutional regime definition

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The structural arrangements of the constitution are not generally upheld and there are few restraints on those with political power

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Direct democracy definition

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All citizens are active, direct participants in making public policy decisions

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Representative democracy definition

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Citizens periodically elect people who represent them in the political process and make policy decisions on their behalf

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Electoral democracy

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A political system in which virtually all citizens periodically vote in order to select political leaders for among alternative conditions

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Limited mandate

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Additional condition that means that the electorate grants the authority to govern for a fixed period of time

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Liberal democracy

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Citizens enjoy not only electoral democracy but also more extensive political rights regarding participation, personal freedoms & opposition.

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Democracy

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Governance by leaders whose authority is based on a limited mandate from a universal electorate that selects amount genuine alternatives and had some rights to political participation and opposition

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Autocracy

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A single ruler exercises absolute power and authority without any legal constraints or citizen mandate

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Dictatorship

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Absence of a limited mandate. A ruler with absolute power and authority

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Authoritarian regime

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No limited mandate but distinguished also in that political actions and decisions of the ruler are not constrained

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Totalitarian regime

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The political systems decisions and its control penetrate into virtually every aspect of its people’s lives

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Unitary state

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A central government holds all legitimate power

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Federation

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Constitutional division of power and functions between a central government and a set of regional governments. They C.G. And R.G.share power

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Confederation

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States delegate some power to a supernatural central go government but retain primary power

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Presidential government

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Separation of executive and legislative structures

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Parliamentary government

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Fusion of executive and legislative structures

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Hybrid systems

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Have a prime minister and an elected legislature

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Council systems

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A small group shares collective leadership and is responsible for both executive and legislative functions

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Assembly systems

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Collective leadership exercised by a large group usually constituted as a legislature

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What are the four political party systems

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1) two party systems
2) multiparty systems
3) dominant party systems
4) no-party systems

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