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Midterm 2 Flashcards

1
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what is an institution?

A

regular pattern in behaviour that give stability and predictability to social life

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2
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what is Duverger’s law?

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states first past the post electoral systems produce two party-systems

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what did Sven Steimo believe?

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institutions define the rules of the political game and who wins them

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4
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what are the relationships between institutions and environmental factors?

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political, economic, and social factors

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5
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who created the structuration theory?

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Anthony Gidden

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6
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what is the structuration theory?

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the idea that social action cannot be explained by the structure or agency theories alone

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7
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what is a system?

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political system

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what is a structure?

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political institution

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9
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what is structuration?

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the factors that hold back and provide resources for changes in how institutions and the system function as a whole

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10
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what is agency?

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the capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own free choices

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11
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what is a state?

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a structure of rule and authority within a particular geographical area

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12
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what is the method of difference?

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similar cases, different outcomes

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13
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what is method of agreement?

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different cases, similar outcome

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14
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what is colonialism?

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the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial control over another country

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15
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what was Felix Carden Aguilar’s job?

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to undo centuries of colonization

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16
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what is state capacity?

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the ability of state institutions to effectively implement official goals

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what is extractive capacity?

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capacity to mobilize financial resources from the society to pursue national interests

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18
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what is steering capacity?

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the capacity to guide national socio-economic development

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19
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what is legitimation capacity?

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the capacity to dominate using symbols and creating consensus

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20
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what is coercive capacity?

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the capacity to dominate by the use of threat or force

21
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what did Charles Tilly believe?

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war made the state, and the state made the war

22
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what are the foundations of the modern state?

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state officials are expected to advance the public good and develop rules and patterns of administration

23
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what are the key characteristics of bureaucracies

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impersonal, rule based, goal oriented, promote officials based on merit

24
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what did weber see bureaucracy as?

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an ideal type of social organization

25
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what was a key mile stone in the development of the European state?

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the separation of state officials from the ruler

26
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what is a patrimonial state?

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a state where power flows directly from the leader and political elites take advantage of their connections to benefit themselves

27
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what are the three principles of the treaty of westphalia

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sovereignty of states, legal equality between states, and non intervention in the affairs of another state

28
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what is an internal function of the state?

A

functions that are performed with respect to their own populations

29
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what is the role of partisan?

A

pursuing own institutional interests of the officials

30
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what is the role of guardian?

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state working in interests of society as a whole and to maintain healthy balance between interests

31
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what is the role of tool?

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state is pliable, lacks autonomy and is the hands of one or more groups

32
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what is an external function of the state?

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functions they perform in respect to other states

33
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what are the two external functions?

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manage relations with other states and protect their people and territory against outside attacks

34
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what are modern states expected to provide?

A

human security, regulate disputes, free to participate in politics

35
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what are resilient states?

A

states that exhibit the capacity and legitimacy of governing a population and its territory

36
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what are fragile states?

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states that have a weak capacity to carry out basic governance functions

37
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what are stateness problems?

A

anything that could challenge the legitimacy of the state such as internal sovereignty claims

38
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what must a state have to be considered resilient?

A

legitimacy and robust institutions

39
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what did Samuel Finer believe?

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what characterized governments in Europe and North America was constitutional liberalism

40
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what is legal positivism?

A

that the law is what the state says it is

41
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what is secularism?

A

the principle that religion does not enjoy a privileged position in the state

42
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what is monism?

A

the view that there are no fundamental divisions in the phenomena

43
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what are the key functions performed by the law?

A

determine criminal behaviour, prescribe punishment and provide impartial laws

44
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what is the rule of law?

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the principle that everyone in a society is equal before the law

45
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what is a constitution?

A

the body of principles governing relations between a state and its population

46
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what did Anthony King believe?

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that constitution is a set of important rules and common understandings in any given understanding

47
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what is constitutionalism?

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the principle that assigns a special significance to constitutions and rule of law in national life

48
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what is federalism?

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a form of government in which power is constitutionally divided between different authorities

49
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what is asymmetric federalism?

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a federal or confederal country where the constituent units have different levels of autonomy, responsibility and political power

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