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REFERS TO TRUST AND COOPERATION WHICH MAKES COLLECTIVE ACTION POSSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE-POLITICAL CULTURE WITH GREAT SOCIAL CAP CREATES BETETR PROBLEM SOLVING DEMOCRACY |
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COMPOSED OF VOLUNTARY, CIVIC, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A FUNCTIONING SOCIETY-INCLUDE NGO’S, INTEREST GROUPS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, ETC |
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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL CAPITAL |
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SOCAIL CAP FORMS THE BASIS FOR A STRONG CIVIL SOCIETY. BY CREATING TRUST AND BETWORKS OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOOD, CIBIL SOCIETY BECOMES A TOOL FOR CITIZENS TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY. |
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DEFINE LIBERAL DEMOCRACY-FEATURES |
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DEMOCRACYREPRESENTATIVE GOVFREE AND FAIR ELECTIONSEQUALITY, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS GUARANTEED AND ENSHRINEDFEATURES: SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS AND BALANCES |
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ELECTORAL DEMOCRACYELECTIONS ARE OFTEN CORRUPT AND MANIPULATEDWEAK OPPOSITION/CIVIL SOCIETYWEAK INSTS: COURTS/PARLIAMENTSLITTLE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTSDEMOCRACY DOES NOT EXTEND FAR BEYOND ELECTIONS |
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DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND EXAMPLE |
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INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACY-EMERGENCE3 HISTORIC WAVESEXAMPLE: STATES SUCH AS UKRAINE AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNIST SOVIET UNION |
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DEMOCRATIC “DEEPENING”WHEN DEMOCRACY PROVIDES AND ACCEPTED FRAMEWORK FOR POLITICAL COMP.
-TURNOVER-ATLEAST AFTER 2 ELECTIONSA PARTICULAR SET OF INSTS BECOMES THE ONLY SET, AND NO ONE CAN IMAGINE ACTING OUTSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC INSTS. |
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A PROCESS IN WHICH THE CONSTRAINTS OF GEOGRAPHY ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AGREEMENTS RECEDE AND IN WHICH PEOPLE BECOME INCREASINGLY AWARE THAT THE ARE RECEDING. |
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BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION TO THE STATE |
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TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENTSREGIONALISM (UN?)STRONGER CIVIL SOCIETYINGO’SGLOBAL MARKET |
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DRAWBACKS OF GLOBALIZATION |
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LOSS OF STATE AUTONOMYTRANSNATIONAL TERROR MOVEMENTSDISEASELOSS OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY MULTI-NATIONAL CORPSLOSS OF CONTROL OVER MARKET |
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS |
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PLURALITY: WHICHEVER PARTY.CAND WON THE MOST VOTESMAJORITY: WINNER MUST WIN OVER 50% OF THE VOTEPROP. REP: % OF VOTES=% OF SEATS, SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE(STV)MIXED METHOD: COMBINES GEOGRAPHIC REP WITH PARTY REP, PR AND PLURALITY METHODS |
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ADVS: MODERATION, 2 PARTY SYSTEM, STABLE GOVDIS: WASTED VOTES, LITTLE MINORITY REP |
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ADVS: ENSURE A QUALIFIED MAJ, LESS WASTED VOTES, STABLE GOVDIS: COMPLICATED, LITTLE MINORITY REP |
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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (PR)ADS AND DISADS |
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ADVS: REPRESENTATION, SOCIETAL CONSENSUSDISADV: UNSTABLE GOV, DISPROPORTIONATE POWER TO SMALL PARTIES |
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COMPOSED OF SETS OF PARTIES THAT COMPETE AND COOPERATE WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING THEIR POWER IN CONTROLLING THE GOVONLY IN DEMOCRACIES |
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NAME 3 TYPES OF PARTY SYSTEMS/VOTING SYSTEMS THEY CORRESPOND TO |
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DOMINANT: ONE PARTY-ANY SYSTEM2 PARTY-PLURALITY, MAJORITYMULTI-PARTY: PR, CONSOCIATIONALISM OR POWER SHARING, COALITION GOV |
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GROUPS WHICH ARE PART OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND CONNECTED TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONTHINK “INSIDERS” -THOSE WITHIN THE GOV AND…”CHALLENGERS”-SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE OUTSIDE SEEKING TO CHALLENGE THE SYSTEMPEOPLE WITH A COMMON OBJECTIVE/WORLD VIEW, WHO COME TOGETHER TO CHALLENGE THE ESTABLISHED ORDER |
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FEATURES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS |
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COLLECTIVE ACTIONS: SIT-INS, MARCHES, BOYCOTTS, STRIKES, DEMONSTRATIONS-EXTRA PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITYNOT TIGHTLY ORGANIZED LINKED INTEREST GROUPSMEMBERS SHARE BROAD IDEOLOGICAL STANCE-NO FORMAL MEMBERSHIP |
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DEFINE INTEREST GROUPS: WHAT ARE 2 TYPES |
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ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE SOME AUTONOMY FROM GOV OR POLITICAL PARTIES-TRY TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICYINTERPOSED BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT2 TYPES: PROMOTIONAL AND PROTECTIVE |
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HOW FO INTEREST GROUPS INFLUENCE THE GOV? |
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MAKE POLICY RELATED APPEALS TO THE GOV/ REGIONALLY LOBBYINGINTEREST (OR PRESSURE GROUPS) ARE GROUPS WHICH SEEK TO INFLUENCE, RATHER THAN CONTROL, GOV POLICY-ESTABLISH CHANNELS TO INFLUENCE |
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STATE WITHIN TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES ORGANIZED AROUND SHARED ETHNIC OR HISTORICAL ROOTS SHARED LANGUAGE, CULTURE, HISTORY OR TERRITORY |
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2 THEORIES OF THE ORIGINS OF A NATION? |
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ROOTS OF NATIONALISM: PRIMORDIALIST/CONSTRUCTIVISTSCONSTRUCTED OR ORGANIC FOUNDATIONS OF NATION-STATESPRIMORDIALIST: FRANCE, SPAIN, ISRAEL?CONSTRUCTIVIST: US CANADA, GERMANY, PALESTINIANS, ISRAEL? |
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WHAT IS POLITICAL ECONOMY? |
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REFERS TO THE ARE WHERE POLITICS MEETS ECONOMICSPARTICULAR FOCUS ON ECONOMICAL PLOCIY!! |
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2 TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMIES WITHIN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY? |
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PLURALISM-FREE MARKET/CAPITALISM AND …CORPORATISM (ORGANIZED , STATE INTERFERANCE) |
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TYOES OF POLITICAL ECONOMIES IN ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY VS COMMUNIST VS AUTH REGIMES? |
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ILLIBERAL DEM: DEVELOPMENTAL STATES-COMBINES POWERFUL BUREAUCRACY WHICH FORMULATES NATIONAL POLICY W/ PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PF PRODUCTION EX: ASIAN GIANTSCOMMUNIST STATES: COMAND ECONOMIESAUTH REGIMES; RENTIER STATES, PATRONAGE RELATIONSHIP |
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3 DIFF LEVELS OF COMPARISON/ANALYSIS |
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INSTITUTION CENTERED: PARLIAMENTS, COURTS ETCSOCIETY CENTERED: BEHAVIOUR OF ACTORS WITHIN A SOCIETYSTATE-CENTERED: STATES AS THE MOST IMPORTANT UNIT IN POLITICAL SYSTEM |
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2 DIFF TYPES OD CASE STUDIES |
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MOST DIFFERENT: FUNDAMENTALLY DIFF CASES WITH THE SAME STARTING POINT OR OUTCOMEMOST SIMILAR: FUNDAMENTALLY SIMILAR WITH DIFFERENT STARTING POINT OR OUTCOME |
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TYPES OF DIFF CASE STUDIES |
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REPRESENTATIVEPROTOTYPICALDEVIANTARCHETYPICALCRITICAL |
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NON DEMOCRATIC REGIME LEAD BY A LEADER OR SMALL GROUP WHO MAINTAINS POWER (WITHIN ILL-DEFINED BUT USUALLY PREDICTABLE LIMITS) |
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LEADER OR SMALL GROUP RULESPRESENCE OF LIMITED POLITICAL PLURALISMABSENCE OF ELABORATE AND GUIDING IDEOLOGYABSENCE OF INTENSIVE POLITICAL MOBILIZATION |
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HOW IS AUTH DIFF FROM TOTALITARIANISM? EXAMPLES |
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IDEOLOGICAL REGIME WITH TOTAL CONTROL OVER THE DAILY LIFE, ACTION AND BEHAVIOUR AND THOUGHTS OF CITIZENSCHARACTERISTICS: ONE PARTY, SYSTEM OF TERROR, MONOPOLY OVER MEDIA, MONOPOLY OVER ARMS, CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMYEX: NAZI GERMANY, COMMUNISM UNDER STALIN |
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WHAT ARE SOCIAL CLEAVAGES? |
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DIVISIONS WITHIN SOCIETY AROUND WITH POLITICAL IDENTITIES AND LOYALTIES ARE CONSTRUCTED |
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2 TYPES OF SOCIAL CLEAVAGES WITH SPECIFIC EXAMPLES |
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CUMULATIVE AND CROSS-CUTTINGEXAMPLES: CENTER-PERIPHERYURBAN-RURALCHURCH-STATEWORKER-EMPLOYEE |
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3 TYPS OF NON-VIOLENT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION |
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTSINTEREST GROUPSVOTINGPOLITICAL PARTIES |
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DEFINE POLITICAL TERRORISM |
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VIOLENCE OR THREAT OF VIOLENCE WITH THE AIM OF INFLUENCING A TARGET OTHER THAN THE IMMEDIATE VICTIM |
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WHAT IS A REVOLUTION AND HOW IS IT CAUSED? |
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SWIFT CHANGE OR OVERTHROW OR A REGIME-CAUSED BY WIDESPREAD SOCIETAL DISCONTENT (RELATIVE DEPRIVATION)-DAVIES J CURVE |
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