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Politics |
Is the struggle for power in any organization. |
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Comparative Politics |
Is the study of this struggle around the world |
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State |
A set of political institutions to generate and execute policy regarding freedom and equality |
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Governments |
Are those political elites in charge of running the state |
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State=basic political unit it has four basic characteristics |
1) Population 2) Territory 3) Sovereignty 4) Government |
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State is also |
"The monopoly of force over a given territory" |
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State includes |
A set of political institutions to generate and carry out policy |
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State is highly institutionalized |
And usually legitimate(therefore it is not easily changed) |
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State is different |
Than a regime and a government |
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Regime |
The fundamental rules and norms of politics |
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Regimes are |
Defined as norms and rules regarding the proper balance of freedom and equality and the use of power |
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Regimes are |
Highly institutionalized, but can be changed |
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Regimes are often |
Embodied in a constitution |
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When power is highly centralized |
The regime's are most likely authoritarian/dictatorship. |
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When power is decentralized |
Regimes are most likely democratic |
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Country |
The entire political system, including formal and informal institutions and the citizenry |
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Philosophies explaining the origin of a state |
Forced/Coerced .Vs. Voluntary/Consensus |
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Philosophy of FORCED support |
Dictatorship and Authoritarian regimes |
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Philosophy of CONSENSUS supports |
Democratic regimes |
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Not all state are the same |
Powerful and effective & Weak and disorganized |
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Legitimacy |
Value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper |
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Legitimacy creates power |
That is based on consent |
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All states seek authority and power through some for of legitimacy. |
legitimacy makes it possible for the state to carry out basic functions |
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charismatic legitimacy |
legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied by an individual leader |
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traditional legitimacy |
accept aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time |
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Rational(legal) legitimacy |
based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized |
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How power is distributed |
Decentralized >>> individual freedom Centralized >>> collective equality Ways to describe include : 1) Federal 2) Unitary |
