Pol Science Concepts #61-80 Flashcards
Parastatal
Company, agency, organization that possesses political power but is separate from the gov, but their actions serve the state directly or indirectly
Parliamentary Government
Democratic form of gov where the pol party that wins the most seats during the federal election forms the government
Patron-client relationship
Common obligatory arrangement between an indiv that had authority and a person who benefits from that influence
Plurality System
Electoral process where the candidate who polls the most votes is elected
Policy
A course or principle adopted or proposed by the government business party or individual
Political communication
Deals with the production process and or effects of information both through the median and personally within the political context
Political culture
A set of attitudes and practices held by people that shaves their political behavior
Political participation
Any activity that shapes the facts or involves the political sphere
Political party
An organization of people which seeks to achieve goals come into its members the acquisition and exercise a political power
Political recruitment
Process by which people become participants in and leaders in political action
Political socialization
Developmental processes by which people of all ages and adolescents acquire political cognition attitudes and behaviors
Post-materialist values
Transformation of individual values of materialist physical and economic wants to new values of autonomy and self-expression
Power
Ability to influence or control the behavior of other people
Prebendalism
Political system where elected officials feel they have a right to share government revenues and use them to benefit their supporters or members of an ethnic group
Privatization
The process of transferring enterprise or industry from the public sector to a private sector
