Mod 1 Flashcards
politics
process whereby public values are debated, political actors cooperate and struggle for power, and policy judgements are made and implemented
power
political, legal, economic, military, social, or moral ability of one political actor to get another political actor to do or not do something
players
contestants in the game of politics who win or lose, who compete or cooperate in pursuit of certain goals, who exercise power or will, who enjoy or suffer
stakes
that which can be gained in victory or lost in defeat
rules
agreed-on procedures that regulate the conduct of the political game
strategies and tactics
plans of action, schemes of attack or defense, and judgements that bring about victory or defeat
destruction
political game in which violence and other instruments of force are used to annihilate one’s opponent (deadly conflict, war, terrorism, torture)
terrorism
the use of violence against civilians to achieve political goals
ethnic cleansing
forceful displacement of a group from a given territory based on their religion, ethnicity, race or nationality (mass murder, military force, intimidation(torture rape))
accommodation
political behavior that seeks a compromise between competing interests and is marked by cooperation, bargaining and balloting (liberal democracies/democratic socialists)
conversion
the peaceful transformation of a political opponent through voluntary agreement and free choice (love, conscience, reason)
wipeout
pattern of politics in which one player, insisting on total domination, encounters resistance and employs brute physical force to destroy an opponent
justice
variously defined as fairness, rightfulness, giving persons their due, and a balancing of liberty, equality, and fraternity
genocide
systematic mass destruction of a national, ethic, racial, or religious group
lion and fox
game of politics in which a state’s vital interests are at stake and must be protected by the use of both force and craft; political strategy by Niccolo Machiavelli
