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POLS 3371 Exam 3
Comparative Politics
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
07/25/2013

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Term
Non-Democratic Regimes
Definition

Legitimate

No accountability

Term
Resource Trap
Definition
No democracy
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Personality Cult
Definition
  • Excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person, especially a political leader.
Term
Relationship b/t non-democratic regimes and legitimacy?
Definition
Coercion, fears. Rational legal legitimacy is opposite.
Term
Coup d'etat
Definition
Overthrow of government organized by military.
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Difference b/t Democracy and Theocracy
Definition

Democracy: Constitution, secular

 

Theocracy: Principles

Term
Example of Theocracy
Definition
Iran
Term
Liberal Democracy
Definition
Individual freedoms
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Iliberal Democracy
Definition
Not all civil rights/ liberties recognized.
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Political Violence
Definition
Revolutionary or Terrorism
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Revolution
Definition
Out of control of state but with political motivation.
Term
Terrorism
Definition
Civilian v Civilian
Term
Factors of Political Violence
Definition
Institutions, Individual Ideas, Perception (*Excluded, *Humiliation)
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Revolution
Definition
Overthrow an entire regime. Not always violent.
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War Crimes and Human Rights violation
Definition
Violence by the state over civilians with political motivation.
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State v State
Definition
War
Term
State v civilians
Definition
war crimes, human rights
Term
non-state v state
Definition
Guerilla
Term
Nihilism
Definition
All violence has a purpose.
Term
Nihilism with institutions
Definition
have no meaning
Term
Terrorism in poverty
Definition
High income, Educated, Good Health
Term
Newly Industrialized Country
Definition
Improved economic growth, advances in democracy.
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Less-Developed Country
Definition
No advances in democracy.
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Colonialism
Definition
Economic division: more evident with ethnicity.
Term
Which region is likely to see import substitution/hothouse economy?
Definition
Latin america
Term
Which hothouse economy is more related?
Definition
Mercantilism: Government intervening in economy.
Term
Export oriented industry
Definition
Asian countries
Term
Structural Adjustment Model
Definition
Known as Washington consensus or Neolibera
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Informal Economy
Definition
Non-regulated activities, not always illegal, but sometimes.
Term
Conditional cash transfer
Definition
Microcredit/microlending: Popular in Asia, started in Bangladesh.
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