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Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Inductive Reasoning

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Studying a case and creating a hypothesis

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Deductive Reasoning

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Testing the hypothesis that is created

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Modernization Theory

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As a society develops it will become a capitalist democracy

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Behavioral Theory

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Political behavioral analysis-> Generalization and Grand Theory

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Qualitative

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Inductive: trying to connect dots using logic and evidence, not spending time on collecting data

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Quantitative

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Deductive: collecting a lot of data to see what matches

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Political Institutions

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Things that are kind of integral to culture: ex, baseball and democracy
Commands legitimacy
Formal vs Informal

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Formal

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Democracy

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Informal

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More of a norm, woo pig sooie

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Freedom

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Ability to act independently without fear of restriction or punishment by state or other individuals or groups in society

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Equality

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A material standard of living shared by individuals within a community, society, or country.

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Politics requires…

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Finding the balance between freedom and equality

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State

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the organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a territory

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Sovereignty

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The ability to carry out actions and policies in a territory independently of external actors and internal rivals

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Regime

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The fundamental rules and norms of politics

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Government

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The leadership that runs the state

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Country

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The political system that combines state, regime, and government (along with the people)

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18
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Two Paths of Political Organization

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Consensus and Coercion

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19
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Consensus

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Individuals band together, leadership chosen among people

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Coercion

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Individuals are brought together by a ruler who imposes authority

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21
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3 advantages of the Modern State

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Economic development, technological innovation, domestic stability

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The Thirty Year’s War and the Treaty of Wesphalia (1648)

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Claimed birth of the modern state and sovereignty. Caused the loss of political power of the Pope

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Legitimacy

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A value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper : authority and power

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What are the 3 types of legitimacy

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Traditional, Charismatic, Rational-legal

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Traditional Legitimacy

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Valid because it has always been that way

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Charismatic Legitimacy

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Built on ideas embodied by an individual

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Rational-legal legitimacy

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Based on laws and procedures

28
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Distribution of Power

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Federalism, Asymmetric Federalism, Unitary States, Devolution

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Federalism

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A system in which significant state powers are devolved to regional or local bodies

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Asymmetric Federalism

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Power is divided unevenly among regional bodies

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Unitary States

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A state in which most power exists at the national level, limited at local

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Devolution

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Process where political power is “sent down” to lower levels of state and government

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What do you use to measure strong or weak states?

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Capacity and Autonomy

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Capacity

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The ability to wield power in order to carry out basic tasks (security, freedom, and equality)

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Autonomy

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The ability of the state to wield its power independently of the international relations (acting on sovereignty)

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Hydraulic Society

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Needed to manage large-scale water management. IRRIGATION
If there is a farm, there is a village, and eventually a city. GROWTH AND SOCIETY
Formation of new social groups

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Which hy. society did we learn about specifically?

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Mekong basin. Central to Vietnam’s economy and society

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Society

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a collection of people bound by shared institutions that define how human relations are conducted

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Ethnicity

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a set of institutions that bind people together through common culture; Including; language, religion, location, customs, appearance, and history

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Nation

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a group that desires self-governance, often through an independent state

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National Identity

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Institutions that binds people together through common political aspirations

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Nationalism

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pride in ones people and the belief that their own sovereign political destiny that is separate from those of others.

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Citizenship

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an individual’s or groups relation to the state
- swear allegience, obligations, duty, and taxation

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Patriotism

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Pride in one’s state

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Nation-state

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A sovereign state encompassing one dominant nation that it claims to embody and represent
(A state with homogenous peoples; India, France, Japan)

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Ethnic Conflict

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conflict between ethnic groups that struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other’s expense

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National Conflict

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seek to gain (or prevent the other from gaining) sovereignty, clashing with one another over issues of autonomy, such as eh quest to form an independent state

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Political Attitude

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views regarding the necessary pace and scope of change in the balance between freedom and equality. Includes Radicals, Liberals, Conservatives, and Reactionaries

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Radicals

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dramatic, often revolutionary change of the existing political, social, or economic order

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Liberal

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Favor evolutionary change

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Conservative

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question whether any significiant or profound change in existing institutions is necessary

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Reactionaries

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seek to restore political, social, and economic institutions

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Political Ideologies

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sets of political values held by individuals regarding the fundamental goals of politics. Includes Liberalism, Liberal Democracy, Communism, Social Democracy, Fascism, Anarchism

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Liberalism

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places a high priority on individual political and economic freedom

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Liberal Democracy

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a system of political, social, and economic liberties, supported by competition, participation, and contestation

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Communism

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a political ideology that advocates for a political economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and ultimately the need for political institutions such as the state

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Social Democracy

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A political-economic system in which freedom and equality are balanced through the state’s management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures

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Fascism

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Asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state

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Anarchism

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stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a way to achieve both freedom and equality for all

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Fundamentalism

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An ideology that seeks to unite religion with the state or, rather, to make faith the sovereign authority (theocracy)
Fundamentalism =/= Religiosity, Puritanism, or Religious Conservatism
Seeks to restructure religion as central political identity, can be reactionary and radical

61
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Religious Community, The Dynastic Realm, and Print Capitalism

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REVIEW THESE

62
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Ability to influence others

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Power

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