Study sets matching "government politics comparative"
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anarchism
authoritarian regimes
bicameral legislature
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
regimes that limit the role of the public in decision making a…
legislatures with two chambers
Abstract Review
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
anarchism
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
Legitimacy
Efficacy
Transparency
GONGOS
People feel the government has the right to rule.
People feel that their participation can make a difference.
The operations of the state are open to public view.
Government Operated Non-Governmental Organizations.
Legitimacy
People feel the government has the right to rule.
Efficacy
People feel that their participation can make a difference.
State
Sovereignty
Regime
Government
The organization that maintains a monopoly on the use of force…
The ability to carry out policy and enforce actions within a g…
The system establishing the fundamental rules and norms of pol…
The system of institutions that have authority within a given…
State
The organization that maintains a monopoly on the use of force…
Sovereignty
The ability to carry out policy and enforce actions within a g…
parliamentary system
presidential system
coup d'etat
corporatism
where citizens vote for legislative representatives, who in tu…
where citizens vote for legislative representatives as well as…
forced takeover of the government
an arrangement in which government officials interact with peo…
parliamentary system
where citizens vote for legislative representatives, who in tu…
presidential system
where citizens vote for legislative representatives as well as…
Abstract Review
anarchism
authoritarian regimes
bicameral legislature
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
regimes that limit the role of the public in decision making a…
legislatures with two chambers
Abstract Review
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
anarchism
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
Abaca, Sani
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi
Babangida, Ibrahim
Oppressive Nigerian military dictation from 1993 to 1998 who c…
Opposition political party in Nigeria formed in 2014 by merger…
Nigerian nationalist and independent Nigeria's first head of s…
Military ruler or Nigeria from 1985 to 1993 who sought to esta…
Abaca, Sani
Oppressive Nigerian military dictation from 1993 to 1998 who c…
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Opposition political party in Nigeria formed in 2014 by merger…
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
Ashura
Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah
President of Iran from 2005 to 2013
The most important Shia religious holiday, commemorating the d…
Elected body in Iran that chooses the supreme leader
In Shiite Islam, a title in the religious hierarchy achieved b…
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
President of Iran from 2005 to 2013
Ashura
The most important Shia religious holiday, commemorating the d…
Advanced democracies
Authoritarian regime
Bicameral legislatures
Unicameral legislature
Countries that have a well established democratic government a…
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
Legislature with two houses; one house (usually the upper cham…
legislature with one house
Advanced democracies
Countries that have a well established democratic government a…
Authoritarian regime
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
Asymmetric Federalism
Caucasus
Chechnya
Cheka
When power is divided unevenly between regional bodies; for ex…
Southwest Russia, near the Black Sea and Turkey, where there i…
Russian republic that has been a source of military conflict s…
Soviet secret police created by Lenin; precursor to the KGB
Asymmetric Federalism
When power is divided unevenly between regional bodies; for ex…
Caucasus
Southwest Russia, near the Black Sea and Turkey, where there i…
Bracero Program
Caciques
Calderon, Felipe
Camarillas
A world war II program that allowed millions of Mexicans to wo…
Local military strongmen who generally controlled local politi…
Mexico's conservative president from 2006-2012; he was respons…
Vast informal networks of personal loyalty that operate as pow…
Bracero Program
A world war II program that allowed millions of Mexicans to wo…
Caciques
Local military strongmen who generally controlled local politi…
Alternate Voting (AV)
Austerity Program
Backbenchers
Beveridge Report
Allows voters to rank candidates on the ballot in order of pre…
A program of economic controls aimed at reducing current consu…
Legislators who do not hold leadership positions within their…
Provided for social insurance programs that made all citizens…
Alternate Voting (AV)
Allows voters to rank candidates on the ballot in order of pre…
Austerity Program
A program of economic controls aimed at reducing current consu…
Beijing Consensus
Bo, Xilai
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Chinese Dream
Neomercantilist model of state-led capitalist development adop…
High ranking CCP official in China arrested in 2013 on anti-co…
Authoritarian party that has ruled China from 1949 to the pres…
Paramount leader Xi Jinping's policy vision calling for China'…
Beijing Consensus
Neomercantilist model of state-led capitalist development adop…
Bo, Xilai
High ranking CCP official in China arrested in 2013 on anti-co…
Advanced democracies
Authoritarian regime
Bicameral legislatures
Unicameral legislature
Countries that have a well established democratic government a…
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
Legislature with two houses; one house (usually the upper cham…
legislature with one house
Advanced democracies
Countries that have a well established democratic government a…
Authoritarian regime
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
Political Decisions
State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Decisions that are public and authoritative and take place in…
Condition of humankind if no government existed.
English philosopher who pessimistically argued that the state…
Which philosopher said the following?... "In such a condition, th…
Political Decisions
Decisions that are public and authoritative and take place in…
State of Nature
Condition of humankind if no government existed.
accountability
authority
bureaucracy
civil society
the concept that public officials serve at the pleasure of the…
the legal right to exercise power
a hierarchical organization charged with carrying out the deci…
all those organizations that provide opportunities for partici…
accountability
the concept that public officials serve at the pleasure of the…
authority
the legal right to exercise power
autonomy
capacity
charismatic legitimacy
confederation
the ability to enact and carry out a policy without the suppor…
the ability of a state to enact a policy and see through its e…
a single individual so captures the loyalty and attention of t…
the central government is not trull sovereign over the members…
autonomy
the ability to enact and carry out a policy without the suppor…
capacity
the ability of a state to enact a policy and see through its e…
Nationalism
State
Nation
Political Institutions
The belief that a group of people has its own unique destiny,…
Political institutions with a monopoly of force over territory
A psychological sense of identity based on shared ethnicity, l…
Formal policymakers within the government, including the execu…
Nationalism
The belief that a group of people has its own unique destiny,…
State
Political institutions with a monopoly of force over territory
Politics
Power
Democracy
Institution
Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of govern…
The ability to do something or act in a particular way... Source…
Rule by the people; Directly or Indirectly... Source: Quizlet
A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community such as…
Politics
Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of govern…
Power
The ability to do something or act in a particular way... Source…
correlation
causation
empirics
normative
apparent association between two variables
one variable caused an effect on the other variable
factual conclusions that can be drawn from evidence
value-related assertions that may be made about political beha…
correlation
apparent association between two variables
causation
one variable caused an effect on the other variable
Empirical Statements
Normative Statements
Systems Theory
Political Culture
Simply compare data and can be measured and proven true
Assert a particular norm or goal that a policy should move tow…
In the environment of a society, demands and support are input…
The basic norms and expectations people have with regard to ho…
Empirical Statements
Simply compare data and can be measured and proven true
Normative Statements
Assert a particular norm or goal that a policy should move tow…
Empirical statements
Normative statements
Environment (political culture)
Inputs
statements that can be measured and proven true
statement which includes value judgements
the basic norms and expectations people have with regard to ho…
demands regarding policies which political parties or interest…
Empirical statements
statements that can be measured and proven true
Normative statements
statement which includes value judgements
State
Nation
Institutions
Legislative
A political institution with a monopoly of force over a territ…
A psychological sense of identity based on shared ethnicity, l…
Formal policy makers within the government, including the exec…
Makes laws
State
A political institution with a monopoly of force over a territ…
Nation
A psychological sense of identity based on shared ethnicity, l…
empirical data
normative data
causation
correlation
factual statements and statistics that allow political scienti…
data that characterize what is usual in a defined population a…
A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls…
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, an…
empirical data
factual statements and statistics that allow political scienti…
normative data
data that characterize what is usual in a defined population a…
Vladimir Putin
Dmitri Medvedev
Vladimir Lenin
Communist Party under Lenin
current head of state of Russia
current head of government of Russia
leader of the Russian Communist Party and the first head of th…
controlled all levels of government, officials supervised gove…
Vladimir Putin
current head of state of Russia
Dmitri Medvedev
current head of government of Russia
causation
correlation
empirical statements
environment
a correlation in which a change in one variable results in a c…
refers to a situation where one set of observed data seems to…
statements in which we simply compare data, making a statement…
includes the political culture of the society
causation
a correlation in which a change in one variable results in a c…
correlation
refers to a situation where one set of observed data seems to…