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A systematic comparison of political systems/nation-states throughout the world
Exploration of patterns, processes and regulations across (not between) nation-states
Build theory through empirical analysis, scientific method and comparative methodologies |
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| The making of common decisions for… [the citizens of a given nation-state]…through the exercise of power by members of the society over other members (through state structure)…..THE STUDY OF POLITICS The academic field that takes as its sole and general task the analysis of politics especially the politics of the state |
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| The making of common decisions for a group of people through the exercise of power by some members of the group over other members |
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| A person’s or groups ideological position |
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| The individual use of power within a group, government, society of office, etc. for a personal gain over any general need of the group |
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| Easton’s Political System Model |
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| impute, outputs, circle, government, people |
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| “you just don’t do it, because you know you shouldn’t” |
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| “Holding a position by telling people what to do” |
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| “Democrats won due to low economy” PROVABLE |
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| Developmentalist Approach |
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| A political approach focusing on different factors in a developing nation |
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| Challenges to Developmentalism |
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| A formal democracy in which, however, through some mix of fraud, intimidation, and control of communications, the same ruler stays in power indefinitely. |
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| A subfield of political science that focuses on ways the state and economy interact. Concerned with how the economy affects the state and how the state affects the economy. |
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| The power struggle between the “state” (government) and the “society” (public) |
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| Models of politics that are based on a core assumption that all who are involved act “rationally” (they make their decisions in order to further certain specific goals) |
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| The basic unit by which people are organized politically. Militarily independent of each other and are guided by governments that typically regulate the economy, set the laws, and so on. Often casually called “country or nation” |
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| A large group of people who are bound together and recognize a similarity among themselves because of a common culture; in particular; a common language seems important. Often but not always coincide with the political boundaries of states. |
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| - A term used to signify today’s states; it takes cognizance of the fact that states in the modern era try to develop a sense of nation to coincide with the boundaries of a state to develop nationalism. |
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| The process of building or reconstructing a state. Has complex rules, institutions, and expectations. |
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| Identification with a nation on the part of its citizens |
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| A belief on the part of large numbers of people in a state that the existing governmental structure and/or the particular persons in office should appropriately wield authority. |
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| How far and effectively a government’s power reaches within its borders |
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| The amount of action taken by a state’s citizens, includes: voting, writing to representatives, citizen committees. Without participation, a state cannot be a Democracy |
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| Distribution of goods within economy and how national wealth is shared among the people in the state. Includes: special subsidies and aids, and taxation |
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| The shift or change of a state’s government to Democracy |
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| The general form of government of a state, including its constitution and rules of government. Generally continues beyond the terms of individual officeholders. A state can alter the form of its regime. |
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| The forceful deposition of a government by all or a portion of the armed forces and installation of a new military government. |
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| the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed. |
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| A state in which qualified citizens vote at regular intervals to choose, among alternative candidates, the people who will be in charge of setting the state’s policies. |
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| A governmental arrangement in which those who hold power did not gain power by any regular constitutional process and are not responsible in their exercise of power to and formal set of rules. |
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| A state in which the government is based on, and in turn supports, a single political party. No other party is allowed to function in other than a token way. |
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| An autocracy in which military officers rule, perhaps with the help of appointed citizens, but without any sort of auxiliary structure such as a political party |
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