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What are max webers three components of state?
Defined territorial boundaries
Legitimacy
Monopoly on force
What is effective governance?
Resources are effectively used, institutions are developed, opportunities are equally distributed
How does the establishment of a strong political party organization help sustain authoritarian regimes?
Alleviate internal conflict among elite
Mechanism through which mass support can be mobilized
Mechanism where demands can be voiced
In what sense does Iran have a “dual government” structure?
One side is where executive and legislative branches are democratically elected and the other is unelected bodies protecting Islamic nature of regime
Which regimes in the Middle East are arguably democratic?
Israel
Turkey
Lebanon
PA
What does “procedural or minimalist view of democracy” entail?
Free and fair elections
Elections for legislatures and chief executive
turning over in power
Since 2006, what factors have led to the break down of the governing system in the PA?
Fatah vs Hamas
Israel, US, and European Union not delivering aid
Take over of Gaza
What problems do legislatures in the middle easy gave that keep them from performing their core functions?
Limited policy making
Highly constrained
Low holding office rates
Lack of competent staff, technology, and organizational structures
Why do political parties tend to be weak structures in Middle East?
Small role in turnover in office
Difficulty providing info between elite and masses
Fail to mobilize mass effectively
How many economic factors affect the break down of authoritism?
Economic growth
Economic crisis
Economic resources
How have geopolitics of the Middle East hindered emergence of democratic regime?
The visions of the state out forth by Islamists and secularists
Sharing allies the democratic bargain becomes unnecessary and they want to shut out opponents
