By Ameen B Killer Terms 2 The Difference

By Ameen B.

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T Political Efficacy

T Political efficacy indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand influence political affairs. Scoreboard

T Rational-legal Authority

T Rational legal authority is based neither on tradition nor on the force of a single personality, but rather on a system of wellestablished laws and procedures Scoreboard

T Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces

T Centripetal: Forces that bind the people of the state; giving it strength Centrifugal: oppose centripetal forces; they destabilize Scoreboard

T Linkage institutions

T Groups that connect government to its citizens, such as political parties, interest groups, and print and electronic media Scoreboard

T Democratic Deficit

T A democratic deficit occurs when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions in fact fall short of fulfilling what are believed to be the principles of democracy Scoreboard

T Iron Triangle

T Mutually beneficial relationships between private interests, bureaucrats, and legislators Sometimes called an “integrated elite” Scoreboard

T Pluralism

T A political theory or system of power sharing among a number of political parties Scoreboard

T Parastatals

T A government-owned corporation to compensate for the lack of private economic development or to ensure complete and equitable service to the whole country (can be anything from a national airline or railroad to a postal system or manufacturing and marketing operations Scoreboard

T Post Materialist Values

T Beliefs in the importance of policy goals beyond one’s immediate selfinterest, as well as one’s prosperity and security Examples: Environmentalism and cultural diversity Scoreboard

T Bonyads

T Quasi-private foundations and religious endowments that are charged with aiding the poor by managing many state-owned enterprises Scoreboard

T Difference: Correlation and Causation

T • Correlation: An apparent association between variables • Causation: A correlation in which a change in one variable results in a change in others Scoreboard

T Difference: Code Law and Common Law

T Code Law no tradition of judicial review or consistent application of the law. letter of the law is what matters. great in theory. no interpretation of judge—follow the code (the law) Most developing countries have this system Common Law one application determines the next application of the law Precedence Scoreboard

T Difference: Coup d'état and Revolution

T Coup d'état: A forceful replacement of a regime or a government by a small elite group or groups Revolution: A process by which a political regime is overthrown and replaced because of a broad popular support and participation in the process Scoreboard

T Difference: Coinciding and Cross-Cutting Cleavages

T • Factors that separate groups within a society • May be cultural, historic, geographic, economic, ethnic, racial, etc. • The wider and deeper the cleavages, the less unified the society • Cleavages which coincide with one another can reinforce each other: Religion and Ethnicity • Cleavages that are cross-cutting weaken divisions between groups: Race and Labor Scoreboard

T Difference: Consensual & Conflictual Political Culture

T • Consensual: accepts both the legitimacy of the regime and the solutions to major problems • Conflictual: sharply divided, often on both legitimacy of the regime and the solutions to the major problems. Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 have strong patterns of patronclientelism in their political cultures

T Russia, China, Mexico, Nigeria Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 directly elect both a president and representatives to a legislative body?

T Russia, Nigeria, Iran, and Mexico Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 combines a plurality (first-past-the-post) electoral system with proportional representation?

T Mexico (Russia stopped in 2007) Scoreboard

T Which of the following countries bases its legal and justice system on common law? UK, Russia, and China

T UK Scoreboard

T Which of the following countries formally divides its executive into two positions: the head of government and the head of state? UK, Russia, and China

T UK, Russia, and China Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 have a president?

T Russia, Mexico, China, Nigeria, Iran Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 have a federalist political system?

T Russia, Mexico, Nigeria Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 use a plurality system only for electing representatives to the national legislature?

T UK, Iran, Nigeria Scoreboard

T The legitimacy of the most recent national elections has been seriously challenged in which of the AP 6?

T Mexico, Iran, and Nigeria Scoreboard

T Which of the AP 6 have bicameral legislatures?

T Mexico, Russia, Nigeria, UK

T Daily Double!

T Which of the following countries has a history of corporatism? UK Russia China Mexico

T United Kingdom & Mexico Scoreboard

T Final Jeopardy

T Name the current Presidents and Prime Ministers of all of the AP 6. Answers must include title.

T Mexico: Felipe Calderón (President) UK: David Cameron (PM) Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan (President) Russia: Vladimir Putin (PM) & Dmitry Medvedev (Pr) China: Hu Jintao (President) Iran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President)

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