UNIT 1 Flashcards

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Development

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QOL assesment of a country

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least developed

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most (if not all) indicaters of development are low

often a failed state

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under developed

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low indicators in general
still hope

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developing

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countreis that are making porgress in terms of QOL have some good some bad indicators

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5
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developed

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most -all indicators regardingthe QOL are pos

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HDI

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measure of health, wealth, and education

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Gini coefficent

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income inequalit

ZERO - complete equality

ONE - Completel income inequlaity

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8
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Freedom House Score

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score that assess a country’s politial rights and civil liberties

lower the socre = less free

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GDP

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approx value of final goods and services produced in a country per year

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10
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Per capita GDP

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GDP / totoal pop

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Democratization

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process of transition as a country attemts to move form an authoritiarian gov to a democratic

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STATE

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institutions and people who exercise authority over a defined territory

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REGIME

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rues and norms for a political system

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14
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GOVernment

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people in charge of the state

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15
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Nation(alism)

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feeling of strong pride and devotion to country

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Authoritiarian

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REGIME chareacterized by submission to authority

Opposed to individualism and democracy

extreme cases - political pwr concentrated ina leader or leaders who possess exculsive unaccoutnable and arbitraty pwr

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Mixed Regime/Illiberal Democracu

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Reigme that contains some democrated traits but are often fualts ith applicationof traits

18
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globalization

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growing interconecctednesss

econ
culture
ptx

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“race to the bottom”

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consequence of globalization

weaken standards to attract foreign investment

20
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populism

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gaining ptx power built via US V. THEM paradigm

21
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Transparency

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ability for citizens to learn and know how ptx decisions are mad

22
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Fragile States Index

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a measure of the degree which a state is weak and fragile

23
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Sovereignty

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ability of a state ot govern its territory free form control of its internal affairs by other states

threatened by globalization

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Revolution

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widely supported effort to replace regime of hte state

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coup d'etat
sudden overthrow of the gov by a small grp
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Foreign Direct Investment
Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country
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Corruption
dishonest of feaudulant conduc by those in pwr
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NGOs
private group that pursuses self defined goals outside of gov. common activities are publicizign sissues, lobbying, making demands on gov and providing direct sercices
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International orgs
grp that includes two or more states seeking political a/o econ cooperation w/ eachother
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Multi nat corps
large biz org opperationg in number of diff national economies more extensife form of transnational corp.
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Democratic consoldiation
widespread accepatnace of democaracy as the permantit form of ptx activity political elites and followers accep dem. rules and confident eveery else does as well
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corruption perceptions indx
developed by Transparency International ranks countrie in terms of the degree to which corruption is percived to exist amung public offficails/ ptx
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Politica isnitiution
formal poly making orgs int he state incl. Executive, legislature, judicary, bureuacracy, media, etc.