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| Who is the founder of Communism? |
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| What are Karl Marx' two main theories of Communism? |
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| Historical materialism and that economic forces are the prime movers of history |
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| What is Marx' notion of history? |
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| All history is the history of class struggles, a succession of revolutions |
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| Outline the Bourgeois Revolution |
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| Capitalism succeeds over feudalism and bourgeoisie replaces aristocracy as dominant class |
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| Outline the Proletarian Revolution |
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| Communism replaces capitalism and Proletariat defeats Bourgeoisie |
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| Industrial property owning class |
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| When did the October Revolution happen? |
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| What does the October Revolution mark? |
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| The first inception of a communist government in Russia |
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| What came of the October Revolution? |
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| Russia's agrarian society was forced into industrialization |
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| Where did Marx not predict socialist revolution? |
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| Who was the leader of the October Revolution? |
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| Who was the 1st leader of the Soviet Union? |
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| Who, according to Lenin, provide the catalyst for revolution? |
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| What kind of regime was established under Stalin? |
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| With whom was totalitarian regime established in Russia? |
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| What was associated with the forced industrialization of Russia? |
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| Concentration on strategic industries |
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| After Stalin what kind of system was there in Russia? |
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| A more predictable communist system with factions operating behind the scenes. |
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| When did Stalin lead Russia? |
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| When did wealth & productivity decline in Russia? |
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| What happened in Russia after Stalin? |
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| Wealth & productivity declined |
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| Who was the president of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991? |
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| When was Gorbachev the president of the Soviet Union? |
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| What are two policies started by Gorbachev? |
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| Who started Glasnost and Perestroika? |
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| Economic changes and restructuring |
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| What were some ways of achieving Glasnost? |
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| Allowing limited contested eclections, free speech, and associational activity |
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| What did associational activity lead to under Gorbachev? |
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| Protest movements, strikes, and ethnic protest |
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| What did Glasnost lead to? |
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| Demands for national independence |
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| What was a way of achieving Perestroika? |
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| Pragmatic economic liberalization |
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| What did bureaucratic resistance & public hostility toward Perestroika lead to? |
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| Tension beween glasnost & perestroika |
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Term
| Access to education, pension, & health care are examples of what kind of rights? |
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Definition
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| Why is the British model of liberal democracy is unusual? |
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| it evolved gradually & mostly peacefully |
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| Parliamentary sovereignty is a core principle of...? |
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Definition
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| Lenin modified Marx' theory of socialist revolution by... |
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| Creating a role for the vanguard party |
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| What are the main characteristics of Fascism? |
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| Viewing society as a living organism and the state as dominant, no sense of individual rights separate from the state, state led by single supreme leader, and appeals to spiritual principles |
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| What system views society as a living organism and the state as dominant? |
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| What system has no sense of individual rights separate from the state? |
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| What system has a state led by a single supreme leader? |
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| What system appeals to spiritual principles? |
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| How did Hitler and Nazis rise to power? |
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| Through elections in the Weimar Republic |
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| Soon after being elected, Hitler & the Nazis seized complete power and created what kind of state? |
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| What happened after Hitler & Nazis seized complete power of Germany? |
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| They eliminated civil society and established corporatist organizations |
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| Who combined fascism with racism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What system was employed in Nazi Germany? |
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| A combination of fascism and racism |
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Term
| When did Anti-Semitic policies begin in Nazi Germany? |
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| In the early 1930s, when the WWII Holocaust began |
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Term
| When did the WWII Holocaust begin? |
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Definition
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| Who, besides Jews, were targeted by Hitler & Nazis? |
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| Political opponents, sick & disabled, homosexuals, gypsies, and members of various religious faiths. |
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| What is the claim to legitimacy of modernizing authoritarianism based on? |
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Definition
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| Where did modernizing authoritarianism arise? |
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Definition
| Primarily in postcolonial states |
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Term
| What is required for development of technocratic legitimacy? |
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Definition
| Leadership of "modern elite" |
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Term
| Technocratic legitimacy is a characteristic of what system? |
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Definition
| Modernizing Authoritarianism |
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Term
| What system has a claim to legitimacy based on modernizing a country? |
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| Modernizing authoritarianism |
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| In what system is national unity, no democracy, required? |
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Definition
| Modernizing authoritarianism |
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Term
| What are the three distinct institutional forms of modernizing authoritarianism? |
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Definition
One-party regimes
Military regimes
Personalist regimes |
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Term
| What is a personalist regime? |
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Definition
| A regime in which one leader is clearly the dominant one |
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Term
| What country had a quasi-facist regime before & during WWII? |
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Definition
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Term
| What country had a highly unstable democracy after WWII? |
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Definition
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Term
| Where did a military coup establish a bureaucratic-authoritarian state in 1964? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was an additional justification for the bureaucratic-authoritarian state in Brazil? |
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Definition
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| In which country did the regime achieve economic growth, but much of the population remained in poverty? |
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Definition
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Term
| What country returned to democracy in 1985 with the election of a civilian president? |
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Definition
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| When did Brazil return to democracy? |
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Definition
| In 1985 with the election of a civilian president |
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Term
| What kind of a state does Nigeria have? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is a neopatrimonial state? |
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Definition
| One wich has patron-client relations |
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Term
| What are patron-client relations? |
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Definition
| Personal ties & favors that determine power |
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Term
| Which country has had 6 successful military coups since independence, interspersed with democratic periods? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the governmental history of Nigeria since independence? |
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Definition
| 6 successful military coups interspersed with democratic periods |
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Term
| In Nigeria, what usually happens to democratic elections? |
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Definition
| They are often cancelled or annulled. |
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Term
| What did military rulers in Nigeria promise? |
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Definition
| Development & return to democracy |
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Term
| What has hindered political & economic development in Nigeria? |
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Definition
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Term
| Oil wealth & corruption have hindered political & economic development in what country? |
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Definition
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Term
| In what country are democratic elections often cancelled or annulled? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which country suffered a brutal regime under General Abacha? |
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Definition
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Term
| When did Nigeria suffer a brutal regime under General Abacha? |
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Definition
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Term
| Under who's regime was Ken Saro-Wiwa hanged? |
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Definition
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Term
| Why was Kin Saro-Wiwa hanged? |
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Definition
| Ogoni tribe protest of oil drilling |
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Term
| What are two consequences of General Abacha's brutal regime? |
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Definition
| Nigeria was turned into an international pariah & there were sanctions: Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth |
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Term
| What did the consequences to General Abacha's regime lead to? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which country had a return toward democracy in 1999 under President Olusego Obasanjo |
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Definition
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Term
| When did Nigeria return to democracy? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who was President when Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999? |
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Definition
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Term
| President Olusegun Obasanjo from which region ran for a party dominated by which other region? |
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Definition
| Obasanjo was a Yoruba (southerner) running for a Hausa (northern)-dominated party |
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Term
| What did Obasanjo being a former general lead to? |
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Definition
| Questions about commitment to democracy |
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Term
| When was Obasanjo reelected? |
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Definition
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Term
| What arose from Obasanjo's reelection? |
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Definition
| Questions about the fairness of the electoral process |
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Term
| What happened with the 2007 Presidential election in Nigeria? |
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Definition
Umaru Yar'Adua won 70% of the vote
It was largely believed to be rigged
It was the 1st transfer of power between two civilian governments |
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Term
| In which election did Umaru Yar'Adua win 70% of the vote? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who won the 2007 Nigerian election? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which Nigerian election was largely believed to be rigged? |
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Definition
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Term
| From what arose questions about the fairness of the Nigerian electoral process? |
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Definition
| 2003 reelection of Olusego Obasanjo |
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Term
| What was the first transfer of power between two civilian governments? |
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Definition
| Nigeria's 2007 Presidential election |
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Term
| In a neopatrimonial state, what is central? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which system is most likely to view the nation as a living organism? |
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Definition
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Term
| The idea that just one organization should represent the interests of each component of society is known as...? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| The idea that just one organization should represent the interests of each component of society |
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Term
| What is Karl Marx' philosophy known as? |
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Definition
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Term
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| Rule by religious authorities |
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Term
| What is rule by religious authorities? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the only existing example of a theocracy? |
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Definition
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Term
| Iran is the only existing example of what? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Adherance to Sharia law rather than civilian law |
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Term
| What is adherance to Sharia law rather than civilian law? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| In what country is the majority of the population Shiite? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the majority of the population of Iran? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who is the founder of Islam? |
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Definition
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Term
| What did Muhammad's death lead to? |
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Definition
| A power vacuum: the Sunni <> Shiite conflict |
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Term
| What led to the Sunni <> Shiite conflict? |
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Definition
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Term
| What do Shiites maintain? |
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Definition
| That Muhammad had chosen his successor |
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Term
| Who maintains that Muhammad had chosen his successor? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who gives religious leaders political power? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who do Shiites give political power? |
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Definition
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Term
| Prior to 1979, what kind of a government did Iran have? |
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Definition
| A modernizing authoritarian regime that was highly dependent on the West |
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Term
| Iran had a modernizing authoritarian regime that was highly dependent on the West until when? |
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Definition
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Term
| What became the basis for the new regime in Iran? |
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Definition
| Revolutionary leader Khomeini's Islamism |
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Term
| Who is the revolutionary leader of Iran? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who set up a theocratic state in Iran with some democratic elements? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who introduced the idea of a supreme leader to Iran? |
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Definition
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Term
| What did Khomeini introduce? |
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Definition
| The idea of supreme leader |
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Term
| What kind of a state did Khomeini set up? |
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Definition
| A theocratic state with some democratic elements |
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Term
| Who provided for consultation with an elected parliament & president? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who became the supreme leader of Iran until his death? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| While Khomeini was the supreme leader of Iran what two things co-existed? |
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Definition
| Religious & political authority |
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Term
| When did religious and political authority coexist in Iran? |
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Definition
| During the time that Khomeini ruled as the supreme leader |
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Term
| Who is the current supreme leader of Iran? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| The current supreme leader of Iran |
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Term
| Who is the current president of Iran? |
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Definition
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Definition
| The current president of Iran |
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Term
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Definition
| The revolutionary & previous Supreme leader of Iran |
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Definition
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| What did the Shiite-Sunni split evolve as a result of? |
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Definition
| A dispute over the rightful succession to the prophet Muhammad |
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Term
| Who was the Soviet leader to implement perestroika & glasnost? |
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Definition
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Term
| When did Identity politics come to the foreground? |
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Definition
| Since the end of Cold War |
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Term
| Since the end of the Cold War, what kind of politics came to the foreground? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the most politically important categories of identity in the modern world? |
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Definition
Nation
Ethnicity
Race
Religion |
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Term
| What are nation, ethnicity, race, and religion? |
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Definition
| The most politically important categories of identity in the modern world |
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Term
| What are the 3 major approaches to Identity politics? |
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Definition
Primordialism
Instrumentalism
Constructivism |
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Term
| What are primordialism, instrumentalism, and constructivism? |
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Definition
| The 3 major approaches to identity politics |
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Term
| Where does Identity come from according to Primordialist arguments? |
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Definition
| Identity groups are "natural" or God given, have existed since "time immemorial," and can be clearly defined based on such criteria as kinship, languages, culture, or physical features. |
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Term
| Who says Identity groups are "natural," or God given? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who says Identity groups have existed since "time immemorial"? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who says Identity groups can be clearly defined based on such criteria as kinship, languages, culture, or physical features? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who has a culture-based argument of Identity? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the primordialist culture-based argument? |
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| Cultures & values are deeply ingrained in people |
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Term
| Who argues that cultures & values are deeply ingrained in people? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who says that conflicts between identity groups are almost inevitable? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who have an elite theory of identity politics? |
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Definition
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Term
| What do elites manipulate & why? |
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Definition
| Symbols & feelings of identity to mobilize a following |
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Term
| Who manipulate symbols & feelings of identity to mobilize a following? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who argues that the political goals of elites explain identities? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who argues that without elite leadership, people would not recognize themselves as part of a group? |
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Definition
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Term
| Instrumentalists argue that people would not recognize themselves as part of a group without what? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who see political culture as a set of symbols subject to interpretation? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who argue that cultures change but societies collectively (not elites) construct identity? |
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Definition
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Term
| According to Constructivism, what are ways that society collectively constructs identity? |
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Definition
| Families, media, education, religion, etc |
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Term
| What is the political goal of a nation? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are two types of nationalism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is civic nationalism? |
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Definition
| Commonly held political beliefs |
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Term
| What is Cultural nationalism? |
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Definition
| A nation based on common cultural characteristics |
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Term
| What is an example of a civic nation? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is an example of a cultural nation? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which kind of nationalism is based on commonly held political beliefs? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which kind of nationalism is based on common cultural characteristics? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which came first, the German state or nation? |
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Definition
| Nation, because of shared language |
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Term
| When was the beginning of modern German nationalism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was beginning in Germany in the early 19th century? |
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Definition
| Modern German nationalism |
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Term
| How was the German nation conceived? |
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Definition
| In linguistic & cultural terms |
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Term
| Bismarck wrote citizenship laws partly based on residence, so it is partly what kind of nation? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is citizenship based on residence? |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| Citizenship based on residence |
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Term
| Are all German speakers Germans? |
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Definition
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Term
| What kind of understandings of citizenship later came to dominate Germany? |
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Definition
| Cultural (jus sanguinis = blood ties) |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
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Term
| What has Turkish immigration posed a challenge to, if born German? |
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Definition
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Term
| If born German, what does one have to give up from Turkey? |
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Definition
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Term
| Where do contending visions of national identity remain? |
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Definition
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Term
| What country has increasing complexity of national identities & citizenship? |
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Definition
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Term
| Germany has increasing complexity of what? |
|
Definition
| National identities & citizenship |
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Term
| What is citizenship based on blood ties called? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the approach that views identity groups as "natural" or God given? |
|
Definition
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Term
| What is the school of thought that views ethnic groups as created by elites? |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| A group that see themselves as having commonalities but do not seek a state |
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Term
| What kind of group sees themselves as having commonalities but do not seek state? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the political goals of an ethnic group? |
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Definition
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Term
| Whose political goals are just recognition & autonomy? |
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Definition
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Term
| What leads to ethnic mobilization? |
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Definition
| Relative deprivation or political or economic uncertainty |
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Term
| What consists of relative deprivation? |
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Definition
| Being discriminated against or not as well off as others |
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Term
| How might governments respond to ethnic mobilization? |
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Definition
| Banning public appeals to ethnicity, religion, orther "sectarian" identities; federalism; consociationalism |
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Term
|
Definition
| Granting greater autonomy |
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Term
| What is it called when a government grants greater autonomy? |
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Definition
|
|
Term
| What is consociationalism? |
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Definition
| Recognition of different groups & allowing them to participate in government by dividing different political offices & getting proportional representatives of groups |
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Term
| What is it called when a government grants recognition of different groups & allows them to participate in government by dividing different political offices & trying to get proportional representatives of the groups? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which country has a 3-way split along dominant ethnic groups? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the 3-way ethnic group split in Nigeria? |
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Definition
The Hausa (North)
Yoruba (West)
& Igbo (East) |
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Term
|
Definition
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Term
|
Definition
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Term
|
Definition
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Term
| What ethnic group(s) makes up the Hausa? |
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Definition
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Term
| What ethnic group(s) makes up the Yoruba? |
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Definition
| Christian & Animist, some Muslim |
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Term
| What ethnic group(s) makes up the Igbo? |
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Definition
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Term
| What percentage of Nigeria belongs to the Hausa? |
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Definition
|
|
Term
| What percentage of Nigeria belongs to the Yoruba? |
|
Definition
|
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Term
| What percentage of Nigeria belongs to the Igbo? |
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Definition
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Term
| Nigerian ethnic groups had not been politically united for how much of their precolonial history? |
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Definition
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Term
| By what time did Nigerians come to perceive themselves as having collective interests within ethnic groups? |
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Definition
| By the end of colonial rule |
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Term
| National leaders in Nigeria mobilized followings on what bases? |
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Definition
|
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Term
| What did each of Nigeria's ethnic & regional groups do? |
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Definition
| Advance a political party |
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Term
| What led to Nigeria's 3 party system? |
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Definition
| Each of it's ethnic & regional groups advancing a political party |
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Term
| What happened between 1967 & 1970? |
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Definition
| The Biafra War in Nigeria |
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Term
| When and where did the Biafra War happen? |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| The Igbo attempt to secede |
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Term
| What was the Igbo attempt to secede? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What were the administrative reforms in Nigeria? |
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Definition
| Federalism led to an increase number of states |
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Term
| What is the downside of the 3-way split in Nigeria? |
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Definition
| Lack of central power and efficiency |
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Term
| What is an example of the lack of central power in Nigeria? |
|
Definition
| Use of Sharia in some Northern states |
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Term
| What are people who see themselves as a group based primarily on common physical characteristics & common history? |
|
Definition
|
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Term
|
Definition
| People who see themselves as a group based on common physical characteristics & common history |
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Term
| What kind of group may or may not be politicized (constructed)? |
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Definition
|
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Term
| What are the political goals of a race? |
|
Definition
| Recognition & representation (inclusion) in the political system |
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Term
| What kind of group's goals are recognition & representation (inclusion) in the political system? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| In what country have racial categories been very fluid? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| In what country has the black-white division predominated? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| In what country did it take many years for all European immigrants to be considered white? |
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Definition
|
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Term
| Are the terms "Asian American" & "Hispanic" or "Latino" new or old? |
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Definition
| Very new, before that defined by nationality, not race |
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Term
| Where is racial discrimination & inequality similar to that found in U.S.? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Where is racial discrimination & inequality similar to that found in Brazil? |
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Definition
|
|
Term
| Where is it harder for black consciousness to emerge? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| What country has dozens of informal racial categories? |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| What country has a large mulatto population? |
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Definition
|
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Term
| In Brazil, what is more important? Class or race? |
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Definition
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Term
| What country is over 55% indigenous? |
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Definition
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| In which country are the indigenous poor? |
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| In what country do indigenous groups have voice with democracy? |
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| What country had the 1st indigenous president? |
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| Who is the 1st indigenous president of any country? |
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| Who had populist policies in favor of redistribution? |
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| President Evo Moralis of Bolivia |
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| What caused the rise of indigenous movements elsewhere? |
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| The 2006 election of President Evo Morales |
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| What did the 1st election of an indigenous president cause? |
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| Rise of indigenous movements elsewhere |
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Term
| What is the example of a rise of indigenous movements outside of Bolivia? |
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| The Zapatistas in Mexico (chiapas) |
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| What is the main characteristic of Japan? |
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| What country has a characteristic of cultural homogeneity? |
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| What country has few cleavages based on language, race, or relgion? |
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| What country has a mix of 3 religions (not monotheistic)? |
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| What are the 3 religions mixed in Japan? |
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| Confucianism, Buddhism, & Shintoism |
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| What country has weak class cleavage? |
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| What country has a preoccupation with conflict prevention? |
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| What is Japan preoocupied with? |
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| Conflict prevention, social harmony, & group orientation |
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| What are Nigeria's parties formed by? |
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| What did Nigeria provoke an outcry with? |
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| WHo has an indigenous majority? |
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| What is contemporary Japan characterized by? |
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| Separation of political and economic power |
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| Legal tie between lord & peasant |
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| What are two types of market economies? |
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| Feudalism & Communist "command economies" |
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| Market economies are nearly universal since when? |
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| The combination of amarket economy with private property rights |
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| What is the extent and type of state intervention in the capitalist economy? |
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| What is the most essential role of the state? |
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| What does a public good lend to? |
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| Where does the free ride incentive come from? |
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| What is the result of the free ride incentive? |
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| Public goods are underprovided |
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| What are 3 essential public goods? |
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Security
Property Rights
Currency (because it has to be constrained) |
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| What are security, property rights, and currency? |
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| What are other types of public goods? |
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| Infrastructure, Education, competition policy |
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| What are infrastructure, education, and competition policy? |
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| Other types of public goods |
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Term
| What is competition policy? |
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Definition
| Prevention or regulation of monopolies |
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Term
| What is prevention or regulation of monopolies called? |
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Definition
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| What are politically generated public goods? |
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| It depends on popular demands |
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Term
| What depends on popular demands? |
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| Politically generated public goods |
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Term
| What are two examples of politically generated public goods? |
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Definition
| Welfare policies & environmental protection |
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Term
| What are welfare policies & environmental protection? |
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| Two examples of politically generated public goods |
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| What is a public good defined by? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the Prisoners' Dilemma illustrate? |
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| That the pursuit of individual interests can lead to collectively suboptimal outcomes |
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Term
| What illustrates that the pursuit of individual interests can lead to collectively suboptimal outcomes? |
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| What is not anymore a public good? |
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Definition
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| Who is the founder Keynesianism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the key experience of Keynesianism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What school of thought says that the "invisible hand sometimes errs?" |
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Definition
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| What school of thought says that the state should intervene in markets during economic downturns? |
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Definition
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Term
| What school of thought teaches that government deficit spending stimulates demand? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the assumption of Keynesianism? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the Phillips curve? |
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Definition
| An inverse relationship between inflation & unemployment |
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Term
| What is an inverse relationship between inflation & unemployment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the school of thought whose assumption is the Phillips Curve? |
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Definition
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| What is the key experience of Monetarism? |
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Definition
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Term
| Stagflation is the key experience of what school of thought? |
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Definition
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Term
| The Great Depression is the key experience of what school of thought? |
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| High unemployment & inflation |
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Term
| What is high unemployment & inflation called? |
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Definition
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| What violates the Phillips curve? |
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Definition
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| What can Keynesianism not explain? |
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Definition
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Term
| According to our textbook, what is the main distinction between a nation and an ethnic group? |
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Definition
| A nation either has or seeks control of a state |
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Term
| What is power-sharing between ethnic groups that provides each with representation in the central government called? |
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Definition
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Term
| How are Samuel Huntington's arguments in "Clash of Civilizations" best described? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the 1967-1970 civil war in Nigeria? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who tells us to accept "natural unemployment rate"? And under what school of thought? |
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Definition
| Von Hayek & Friedman under Monetarism |
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Term
| What do Von Hayek & Friedman tell us? |
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Definition
| To accept the "natural unemployment rate" |
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Term
| What school of thought advocates minimal state interference? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are examples of minimal state interference advocated by Monetarism? |
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Definition
Deregulation of markets
Tax cuts
Privatization |
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Term
| What are deregulation of markets, tax cuts, & privatization? |
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Definition
| Examples of minimal state interference advocated by monetarism |
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Term
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Definition
| Rapid increase in the flow & speed of economic activity, technology, & communications around the globe |
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Term
| What is rapid increase in the flow & speed of economic activity, technology, & communications around the globe called? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are political consequences of globalization? |
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Definition
| Mobile capital, weaker national identities, & non-state actors |
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Term
| What are mobile capital, weaker national identitites, & non-state actors? |
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Definition
| Political consequences of globalization |
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Term
| What does Keynesianism believe that there exists an inverse relationship between? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is Milton Friedman a representative of? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does Monetarism tend to argue in favor of? |
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Definition
| Minimal state interference into markets |
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Term
| What had the greatest impact on Keynesian thinking? |
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Definition
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Term
| What country has a free market model economy? |
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Definition
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Term
| What kind of economy model does the U.S. have? |
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Definition
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Term
| What increased the role of the state in the U.S.? |
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Definition
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Term
| What did the Great Depression do to the role of the state in the U.S.? |
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Definition
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Term
| How did the Great depression increase the role of state in the U.S.? |
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Definition
| New deal & social welfare |
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Term
| What are the new deal & social welfare? |
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Definition
| Ways the Great Depression increased the role of the state in the U.S. |
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Term
| What did 1970s stagflation lead to? |
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Definition
| Monetarist poicies & deregulation |
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Term
| What are monetarist policies & deregulation? |
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Definition
| What 1970s stagflation led to |
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Term
| What country has a social market economy? |
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Definition
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Term
| What kind of economy does Germany have? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is a social market economy? |
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Definition
| Combination of market economy & "Conservative" welfare state |
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Term
| What is the combination of a market economy & a "conservative" welfare state called? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the origins of the conservative welfare state? |
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Definition
| Bismarck's welfare policies in the late 19th century |
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Term
| Who created the social market economy & when? |
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Definition
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Term
| What did Post-1945 Christians do? |
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Definition
| They invented the social welfare state |
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Term
| When was co-determination adopted in Germany? |
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Definition
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Term
| What happened in Germany in the 1970s? |
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Definition
| Co-determination was adopted |
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Term
| What is co-determination? |
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Definition
| Workers' councils participating in company decision-making |
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Term
| What is workers' councils participating in company decision-making called? |
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Definition
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Term
| When was the Treaty of Rome signed? |
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Definition
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Term
| What happened in Europe in 1957? |
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Definition
| The Treaty of Rome was signed |
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Term
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Definition
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| What did the Treaty of Rome do? |
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Definition
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| What is the purpose of the Treaty of Rome/EU? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| A trade bloc composed of free internal markets (no tariffs among members) & a common external tariff |
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Term
| What is a trade bloc composed of free internal markets (no tariffs among members) & a common external tariff called? |
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Definition
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Term
| What only deals with tariffs? |
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Definition
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Term
| When was the Single European Act signed? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the goal of the Single European Act? |
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Definition
| To establish a "single" market |
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Term
| To establish a "single" market was the goal of what? |
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Definition
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Term
| Forming a customs union was the purpose of what? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the "single market" in the EU allow for? |
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Definition
| Free flow of goods, services, people, & money across borders |
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Term
| What allows for the free flow of goods, services, people, & money across borders? |
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Definition
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Term
| What led to the abolition of all non-tariff barriers in the EU |
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Definition
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Term
| When was the Maastricht Treaty signed? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the Maastricht Treaty? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the Treaty on European Union? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the most important part of Maastricht? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the European Monetary Union |
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Definition
| The most important part of Maastricht |
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Term
| What kind of a state is Japan? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is a developmental state? |
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Definition
| One that intervenes to facilitate industrialization |
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Term
| What kind of a state intervenes to facilitate industrialization? |
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Definition
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Term
| How do states intervene to facilitate industrialization? |
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Definition
Deliberate industrial policy
Direct government investment in industries
Pick "winners"
Encourage mergers
& Close ties, long-term relationships |
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Term
| What are deliberating industrial policy, directing government investment in industries, picking winners, encouraging mergers, and clising ties w/long-term relationships? |
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Definition
| Ways that Japan's state intervenes to facilitate industrialization |
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Term
| What long-term relationships does Japan's state close ties with? |
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Definition
| Companies, suppliers, & banks |
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Term
| Is Japan an extensive welfare state? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does Japan depend on? |
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Definition
| Lifetime employment system |
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Term
| What established the European Community in 1957? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does a customs union do? |
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Definition
| Establish common external tariffs |
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Term
| What country is best described as a "social market economy"? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the single market in the EU allow for the free flow of? |
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Definition
| Goods, services, money, & people |
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