UNIT 1 Flashcards
Development
QOL assesment of a country
least developed
most (if not all) indicaters of development are low
often a failed state
under developed
low indicators in general
still hope
developing
countreis that are making porgress in terms of QOL have some good some bad indicators
developed
most -all indicators regardingthe QOL are pos
HDI
measure of health, wealth, and education
Gini coefficent
income inequalit
ZERO - complete equality
ONE - Completel income inequlaity
Freedom House Score
score that assess a country’s politial rights and civil liberties
lower the socre = less free
GDP
approx value of final goods and services produced in a country per year
Per capita GDP
GDP / totoal pop
Democratization
process of transition as a country attemts to move form an authoritiarian gov to a democratic
STATE
institutions and people who exercise authority over a defined territory
REGIME
rues and norms for a political system
GOVernment
people in charge of the state
Nation(alism)
feeling of strong pride and devotion to country
Authoritiarian
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
Mixed Regime/Illiberal Democracu
Reigme that contains some democrated traits but are often fualts ith applicationof traits
globalization
growing interconecctednesss
econ
culture
ptx
“race to the bottom”
consequence of globalization
weaken standards to attract foreign investment
populism
gaining ptx power built via US V. THEM paradigm
Transparency
ability for citizens to learn and know how ptx decisions are mad
Fragile States Index
a measure of the degree which a state is weak and fragile
Sovereignty
ability of a state ot govern its territory free form control of its internal affairs by other states
threatened by globalization
Revolution
widely supported effort to replace regime of hte state