UNIT 1

Question 1

Development

Answer 1

QOL assesment of a country

Question 2

least developed

Answer 2

most (if not all) indicaters of development are low

often a failed state

Question 3

under developed

Answer 3

low indicators in general
still hope

Question 4

developing

Answer 4

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

Question 5

developed

Answer 5

most -all indicators regardingthe QOL are pos

Question 6

HDI

Answer 6

measure of health, wealth, and education

Question 7

Gini coefficent

Answer 7

income inequalit

ZERO - complete equality

ONE - Completel income inequlaity

Question 8

Freedom House Score

Answer 8

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

lower the socre = less free

Question 9

GDP

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Per capita GDP

Answer 10

GDP / totoal pop

Question 11

Democratization

Answer 11

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

Question 12

STATE

Answer 12

institutions and people who exercise authority over a defined territory

Question 13

REGIME

Answer 13

rues and norms for a political system

Question 14

GOVernment

Answer 14

people in charge of the state

Question 15

Nation(alism)

Answer 15

feeling of strong pride and devotion to country

Question 16

Authoritiarian

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Mixed Regime/Illiberal Democracu

Answer 17

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

Question 18

globalization

Answer 18

growing interconecctednesss

econ
culture
ptx

Question 19

“race to the bottom”

Answer 19

consequence of globalization

weaken standards to attract foreign investment

Question 20

populism

Answer 20

gaining ptx power built via US V. THEM paradigm

Question 21

Transparency

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Fragile States Index

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Sovereignty

Answer 23

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

threatened by globalization

Question 24

Revolution

Answer 24

widely supported effort to replace regime of hte state

Question 25

coup d’etat

Answer 25

sudden overthrow of the gov by a small grp

Question 26

Foreign Direct Investment

Answer 26

Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country

Question 27

Corruption

Answer 27

dishonest of feaudulant conduc by those in pwr

Question 28

NGOs

Answer 28

private group that pursuses self defined goals outside of gov.

common activities are publicizign sissues, lobbying, making demands on gov and providing direct sercices

Question 29

International orgs

Answer 29

grp that includes two or more states seeking political a/o econ cooperation w/ eachother

Question 30

Multi nat corps

Answer 30

large biz org opperationg in number of diff national economies

more extensife form of transnational corp.

Question 31

Democratic consoldiation

Answer 31

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

Question 32

corruption perceptions indx

Answer 32

developed by Transparency International

ranks countrie in terms of the degree to which corruption is percived to exist amung public offficails/ ptx

Question 33

Politica isnitiution

Answer 33

formal poly making orgs int he state

incl. Executive, legislature, judicary, bureuacracy, media, etc.