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24 Cards in this Set
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society |
Complex human organization, a collection of people bound by shared institutions that define how human relations should be conducted
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ethnic identity/ethnicity
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Specific attributes and societal institutions that make one group of people culturally different from others
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nation
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A group that desires self-government through an independent state
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national identity
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A sense of belonging to a nation and a belief in its political aspirations
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nationalism
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Pride in one's people and the belief that they have a unique political destiny
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citizenship
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An individual's relationship to the state, wherein citizens swear allegiance to that state and the state in return is obligated to provide rights to those citizens |
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patriotism
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Pride in one's state
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nation-state
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A state encompassing one dominant nation that it claims to embody and represent
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ethnic conflict
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A conflict in which different ethnic groups struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other's expense
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national conflict
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A conflict in which one or more groups within a country develop clear aspirations for political independence, clashing with others as a result
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political attitudes
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Description of one's views regarding the speed and methods with which political changes should take place in a given society
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radicals
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Those with a political attitude that favors dramatic, often revolutionary change
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conservatives
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Those with a political attitude that is skeptical of change and supports the current order |
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reactionary
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Someone who seeks to restore the institutions of a real or imagined earlier order
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political ideology
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The basic values held by an individual about the fundamental goals of politics or the ideal balance of freedom and equality
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liberalism
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(1) A political attitude that favors evolutionary transformation; (2) An ideology and political system that favors a limited state role in society and the economy, and places a high priority on individual political and economic freedom
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liberal democracy
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A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights
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communism
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(1) A political-economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and, ultimately, the need for political institutions such as the state; (2) A political ideology that advocates such a system |
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social democracy (socialism)
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(1) A political-economic system in which freedom and equality are balanced through the state's management of the economy and the provision of social expenditures; (2) A political ideology that advocates such a system
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fascism
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A political ideology that asserts the superiority and inferiority of different groups of people and stresses a low degree of both freedom and equality in order to achieve a powerful state
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anarchism
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A political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a way to achieve both freedom and equality for all
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fundamentalism
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A view of religion as absolute and inerrant that should be legally enforced by making faith the sovereign authority
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culture
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Basic institutions that define a society
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political culture
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The basic norms for political activity in a society |
