Midterm 1 Flashcards
What term refers to full state ownership of specific industries?
parastatals
Growing ethnic identity in some ways the consequence of what?
state development
What term refers to views regarding the necessary pace and scope of change between freedom and equality?
political attitudes
What theory states that, “as societies develop, they become capitalist democracies”?
modernization theory
What term describes:
“as x changes, so does why”?
correlation
What term refers to a highly centralized regime that possesses some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society, and the economy?
Totalitarianism
Why were there wars in Yugoslavia after Tito’s death?
The majority ethnic group of Yugoslavia, the Serbs, wanted to centralize power, but other groups wanted independence
What term believes liberty and freedom are achievable through the elimination of the state?
anarchism
What term rests on the idea that people/groups can be classified in terms of inferiority/superiority?
fascism
What was the name of the ruler of Yugoslavia who underscored the importance of identity?
General Tito
Bismarck shut down social democratic policies, such as health care, unemployment insurance, and pensions?-T or F
False!!! enacted these
Political Science focuses on PREDICTION than EXPLANATION-T or F
False
What term refers to the when all regions have the right to make decisions on a set of ideas?
Symmetrical Federalism
What term refers to the institution that controls how much money is flowing through the economy, as well as how much money is in that economy?
Central Bank
The poorer the country, the less likely it is to be democratic-T or F
True
Why did leaders create bureaucracies AKA the state?
To measure, extract, and spend tax revenues in order to pay for the providence of soldiers AKA security
What 2 major events transformed the basis of comparative politics?
1) Rapid Industralization of Asia
2) Collapse of Communism in Soviet Union
What term refers to the comprising of basic institutions that help define a society?
Culture
What is the definition for political science?
The study of political institutions and political behavior
What nondemocratic term refers to the claim that one person alone is fit to rule the country with no clear regime to constrain that person’s rule?
Personal rule
As an ideology, what do liberals believe in?
-individual politics and economic freedom
-low degree of government autonomy
What term refers to the state’s collection of funds to pay for public goods and services and as a result benefit the public directly?
Taxation
What were the 3 causes of the French Revolution?
1) Financial Crisis
2) Famine
3) Ideology (Enlightenment and Social Contract)
What term refers to the state’s provision of public benefits, such as education and healthcare, called the “welfare state”?
social expenditures
Germany’s trend toward democratization can best be described by what 2 traits?
1) Top down challenge
2) Wrapped up with nation building and expansion of territory
What theory refers to the idea that through the working class’s organization of labor unions and left parties, there are more egalitarian outcomes?
power resource theory
In _________, states can’t have full autonomy
Democracies
Weak states __________
cannot execute basic tasks
What are the 2 types of methods in poly-sci?
1) Quantitative-relies on statistics; breadth over depth; inductive
2) Qualitative-relies on personal knowledge and experience; depth over breadth; deductive
What was the first example of a country using nationalist sentiment to own advantage?
Napoleonic France
What nondemocratic term refers to the ruler’s dependency on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing ruler’s will and only followers benefit?
patrimonialism
What term refers to the emergence of a single producer of a good/service that is able to dominate the market?
Monopoly
It is much easier to CREATE institutions, than REMOVE them-T or F
True
When members of the middle class believe economic insecurity rather than people in power is greatest threat to wealth, they may become the most opposed to authoritariansm/totalitarianism?-T or F
False; become the strongest
What are key features of Christian democratic states?
1) some mobility
2) high regulation of markets
3) limited decommodification
4) proportional- contribution based benefits
What term refers to significant powers being left to regional bodies?
Federalism
The rise of what 2 political phenomenons helped political scientists focus on the WHY instead of the HOW?
Fascism & Communism
What term refers to different ethnic groups’ struggle to achieve certain political and economic goals at each other’s expense?
ethnic conflict
in the context of political attitudes, what do liberals believe in?
favor evolutionary progressive change can happen through changes within the system
States can have charismatic legitimacy-T or F
False; only people
What does “laissez-faire” mean?
economy should be free to do as it wishes
What term refers to state-provided, secured goods available to society and indivisible; no 1 person can own them?
Public Goods
What term refers to one/more groups develop clear aspirations for sovereignty, clashing with each other as a result?
national conflict
What term refers to the logic of increasing returns, decisions made early are supposed to be most influential?
Path Dependency
All states are welfare states to some extent-T or F
True
What term refers to the shift from kinship networks to nuclear families?
Microlevel
What term refers to a system of political, social, and economic liberties supported by competition, participation, and contestation?
Liberal Democracy
What is the term for political actions, participations, but also views and ideologies?
political behavior
While there are major spikes in state-spending on the military during conflicts, during the industrial era, there were also major spikes in what?
Social Spending
What term refers to when a country becomes more federalist?
Devolution
What are the classic 4 political-economic systems and their definitions?
1) Mercantilism-domestic economy is an instrument that exists to serve states’ needs by generating wealth that can be used for national power
2) Communism-private property fully nationalized
3) Liberalism-individual political and economic freedom over collective equality
4) Social Democracy-markets and property encouraged by state, but controlled to prevent individual profit at expense of whole
What term refers to a social identity with ascriptive traits that is defined by ancestry? (Kanchan Chandra)
ethnicity
Failed states _________
collapse
What place represented early republicanism by electing officials and using the separation of powers?
Rome
What term refers to a system of policy-making involving the state, labor, and businesses; creates limited number of associations that represent large segment of business and labor?
Neo corporatism
What are 4 key features of social democratic states?
1) high social mobility
2) high regulation of market
3) some decommodification
4) encourages female labor-force population
What term refers to when prices rise, and money loses its value due to the imbalance of supply and demand?
inflation
What is a modern example of direct democracy?
referendums
What term refers to the sets of political values held by individuals regarding the fundamental goals of politics and are concerned with the ideal relationship between freedom and equality and how institutions can achieve that?
political ideologies
What term refers to the total market value of all goods and services produced within a country over 1 year?
GDP
What agreement put an end towards the war in Bosnia?
Dayton accords
What is a top-down view?
conflict generated by elites
What factor helps political science experiments?
randomization
What 2 characteristics are attributed to mercantilist states?
1) Limited social expenditures to promote higher public savings
2) Strong use of tariffs
What does the government refer to?
Leadership/elite in charge of the running state
What term refers to the basic unit for economic transactions?
Money
What term refers to the study of how politics and economics are intertwined and shape the balance of freedom and equality?
Political Economy
What were the 2 factors that helped build the nation state?
1) Administrative centralization and language
2) Print Capitalism