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Contemporary Government Midterm
Midterm SJU
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History
Undergraduate 2
10/13/2011

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Doctrine of Territorial integrity
Definition
holds that a state has the right to revolt or withstand any invasion, agression within its territorial boundaries.
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States need (3)
Definition
Prosperity, Stability, Security
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Functions a state must have to succeed
Definition
political socialiazation
political recruitment
political communication
interest articulation
interest agrigation
policymaking
policy implementation
policy adjudication
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Renan said
Definition
Nation is a soul
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Weber said
Definition
state is a political conscience, abdiction of an individual for benfit of society. has the right to exist. territory bounded by sovereignty
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ideology
Definition
- coherehnt and comprehensive set of ideas that explains and evaluates social conditions
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4 functions of ideology
Definition
explanatory
evaluative
orientative
programmatic
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patriotism
Definition
LOVE for ones country, will to die for it
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nationalism
Definition
the desire to be an independant nation, usualy felt by ethnic groups
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Characteristics of a nation
Definition
Common language
race
culture
religion
territory
economic cohesion
economic life
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Stalin said
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nation is a historically constituted group of people, not every stable group of people constitutes a nation.
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3 major factors of production
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land, labor, capital
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polotical economy
Definition
combination of politics and economics
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firm
Definition
attempts to find combo if resources to produce a good for consumer
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Free economy
Definition
echange from consumer to firm, (price is mutual unspoken agreement based on supply and demand.
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reasons government intervenes in free economy
Definition
1) Goal of giving to those in need (redistribute wealth)
2)Collect taxes
3)Society must be protected from dangerous production techniques (machines, hours)
4) enforce laws regrding monopolys and whatnot
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mixed economy
Definition
essentially free, however government controls variables like healthcare, education, transportation
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controlled economy
Definition
gov tells who sells what, how much it is sold for, and who buys it. COMPLETE control. (communist)
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Role of legislature
Definition
Representing the citizenship
Enacting legislation or Reacting. (more of a question)
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What influences legislation?
Definition
Help majority in jurisdiction
Help own political party
Own Morals
Country as a whole whose broad interest blankets everything else.
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