Study sets matching "government politics comparative"
Study sets
Classes
Users
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…
Weak State
Central Committee
apparatchiki
All Union Party Congress
A state that does not have full control over its citizens and…
Next to top governing body of the communist party
"Man of the Apparatus" A member of the communist party
5,000 delegates who meet a few times every year. They choose t…
Weak State
A state that does not have full control over its citizens and…
Central Committee
Next to top governing body of the communist party
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…
Advanced Democracies
Authoritarian Regime
Bicameral, Unicameral Legislatures
Bureaucracy
Countries having well established democratic government and a…
Regime where a small group of elites exercise power over the s…
Having two houses or only one house in the legislature. Most c…
Consist of agencies that generally implement government policy…
Advanced Democracies
Countries having well established democratic government and a…
Authoritarian Regime
Regime where a small group of elites exercise power over the s…
Westminster System
Paliamentary System
Parliament
Exchequer
The Parliamentary system in the UK
The people vote in the legislature and then the legislature vo…
Britain's government. Currently it is the Prime Minister as th…
The treasurer of Britain
Westminster System
The Parliamentary system in the UK
Paliamentary System
The people vote in the legislature and then the legislature vo…
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
Constitution
Democratization
globalization
nation
highest, most authoritative law
spread of representative government
increasing worldwide interdependence
a group of people who identify themselves as belonging together
Constitution
highest, most authoritative law
Democratization
spread of representative government
Name of professor
Office
Office hours
Countries we study
Charles lewis taylor
535 major Williams hall
3:30-4:30 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday or appt
Japan, US, Germany, UK, Mexico, South Africa, Iran and Russia…
Name of professor
Charles lewis taylor
Office
535 major Williams hall
Accommodation
Accountability
Acephalous societies
Amerindians
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and…
a government's responsibility to its population, usually by pe…
literally "headless" societies. A number of traditional Nigeri…
original peoples of North and South America; indigenous people.
Accommodation
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and…
Accountability
a government's responsibility to its population, usually by pe…
Causation
Correlation
Informal politics
Bicameral legislature
The idea that an independent variable influences a dependent v…
When two things occur at the same time but don't necessarily a…
The impact that beliefs, values, and actions of ordinary citiz…
A legislature with two houses
Causation
The idea that an independent variable influences a dependent v…
Correlation
When two things occur at the same time but don't necessarily a…
Bicameral
Bureaucracy
Cabinet department
Case law
A legislative body with teo houses, such ss the US Senate and…
A system of government in which most of the important decision…
A system of government in which most executive power is held b…
The laws as established but the outcome or former cases
Bicameral
A legislative body with teo houses, such ss the US Senate and…
Bureaucracy
A system of government in which most of the important decision…
Area Studies
Behavioral Revolution
Casual Relationship
Comparative Method
Focusing on a specific region for research in order to have co…
The shift in the subject of investigation away from political…
A relationship that is the result of cause and effect.
A way to compare cases and draw conclusions.
Area Studies
Focusing on a specific region for research in order to have co…
Behavioral Revolution
The shift in the subject of investigation away from political…
Autonomy
Authoritarianism
Agents of political socialization
Bureaucratic Authoritariansim
The ability of the state to wield its power independently of t…
A political system in which a small group of individuals exerc…
Individuals, institutions or organizations that influence poli…
A system in which the state bureaucracy and the military share…
Autonomy
The ability of the state to wield its power independently of t…
Authoritarianism
A political system in which a small group of individuals exerc…
Accommodation
Accountability
Acephalous societies
Amerindians
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and…
a government's responsibility to its population, usually by pe…
literally "headless" societies. A number of traditional Nigeri…
original peoples of North and South America; indigenous people.
Accommodation
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and…
Accountability
a government's responsibility to its population, usually by pe…
Weak State
Central Committee
apparatchiki
All Union Party Congress
A state that does not have full control over its citizens and…
Next to top governing body of the communist party
"Man of the Apparatus" A member of the communist party
5,000 delegates who meet a few times every year. They choose t…
Weak State
A state that does not have full control over its citizens and…
Central Committee
Next to top governing body of the communist party
Narcotraficantes
Mesoamerica
Indigenas
pre-Columbian
Drug Trafficker
Spanish for Middle America; southern Mexico and northern Centr…
Native Americans.
The Americas before Columbus arrived
Narcotraficantes
Drug Trafficker
Mesoamerica
Spanish for Middle America; southern Mexico and northern Centr…
Nok
Yoruba
Igbo
Sahel
First cultural group in West Africa
The people that created a series of city-states in the southwe…
A group of people that remained stateless in the early times o…
a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara…
Nok
First cultural group in West Africa
Yoruba
The people that created a series of city-states in the southwe…
Advanced democracies
Authoritarian regime
Causation
Common law
Advanced democracies: applies to countries that have a long hi…
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
the idea that one variable causes or influences another.
law based on tradition, past practices, and legal precedents s…
Advanced democracies
Advanced democracies: applies to countries that have a long hi…
Authoritarian regime
regime where decisions are made by political elites without mu…
Anarchism
Authoritarian
Autocratic
belief in the abolition of all government and the organization…
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especiall…
relating to a ruler who has absolute power.
Anarchism
belief in the abolition of all government and the organization…
Authoritarian
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especiall…
Abstract Review
Anarchism
Authoritarian Regimes
Bicameral Legislatrues
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 decision making and…
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…
State
Plurality
Republic
Authority
All people and groups that have power to effect change
The largest number of votes received in an electoral contest
A political system in which public officials are chosen by cit…
The legal right to exercise power
State
All people and groups that have power to effect change
Plurality
The largest number of votes received in an electoral contest
Bicameral
Bureaucracy
Case law
Civil law
(Of legislative body) having two branches or chambers
A system of government in which most of the important decision…
The law as established by the outcome of former cases
The body of laws of a state or nation regulating ordinary priv…
Bicameral
(Of legislative body) having two branches or chambers
Bureaucracy
A system of government in which most of the important decision…
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
authority
civil society
constitution
democratization
the legal right to exercise power
all those organizations that provide opportunities for partici…
highest, most authoritative law
spread of representative government
authority
the legal right to exercise power
civil society
all those organizations that provide opportunities for partici…
Communism
Base
Superstructure
Bourgeoisie
set of ideas that view political, social, and economic institu…
the system of economic production, "means of production"
All human institutions
the property owning class
Communism
set of ideas that view political, social, and economic institu…
Base
the system of economic production, "means of production"