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26 Cards in this Set
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above-market returns to a factor of production
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rents
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refers to the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for example, professional associations, trade unions, student and woman's groups, religious bodies, and other voluntary association groups
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civil society
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state-owned or at least state- controlled corporations created to undertake a broad range of activities from control and marketing of agricultural production to provision of banking services, operating airlines, and other transportation facilities and public utilities
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para-statals
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a state characterized by instabilities and uncertainties that may render it susceptible to collapse as a coherent entity
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unfinished state
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a belief by powerful groups and the broad citizenry that a state exercises rightful authority
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legitimacy
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the peculiarly Nigerian version of corruption, is the disbursing of public offices and state rents to one's ethnic base clients; it is an extreme form of clientelism
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prebendalism
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the process of placing the majority of enterprise shares in the hands of the employees and/or managers of that enterprise
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Insider privatization
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A political party that claims to operate in the "true" interests of the group or class it purports to represent, even if this understanding doesn't correspond to the expressed interests of the group itself.
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vanguard party
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lists of important positions and people qualified to fill them
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Nomenklatura System
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Giving different regions varying degrees of privileges
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Asymmetrical federalism
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the country in which a multinational corporation is headquartered
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home country
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the country in which a multinational corporation invests or operates outside the borders headquartered country
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host country
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the creation or existence of bonds or interconnections to tie together multiple political actors or units
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integration
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the skills knowledge and education that individuals can "invest" in any endeavor
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Human Capital
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self Determination
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the right of a sovereign state or an ethnic group that shares cultural and historical ties to live together in a given territory rand in a manner they desire
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Ethnic and religious cleavages
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analytical dysfunction between ethnicity and religion
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Indirect Rule
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a term used to describe the British style of colonialism in Nigeria and India in which local traditional rulers and political structures were used to help support the colonial governing structure
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Literally "struggle" Although often used to mean armed struggle against unbelievers it also can be a spiritual struggle for more self improvement
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Jihad
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An informal aspect of policy making in which a powerful patron offers resources such as land, contracts, protection or jobs in return for support
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Clientelism
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A government in which 1 or a few rulers have absolute power [dictatorship]
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authoritatian
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A system of social organization based on the common ownership and coordination of production
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communism
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Informal aspect of policy making in which a powerful patron offers resources such as land, contracts, protection, or jobs in return for the support and services of lower status and less powerful clients
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Patron-Client Networks
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Islamic law derived mostly from the Quran
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Sharia
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State that can control the pattern of alliances and terms of the international order and often shapes domestic political developments in countries throughout the worlds
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Hegemonic Power
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Situation when a government or organization takes on dept obligations or progressively higher rates of interest in order to pay off existing dept
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pyramid debt
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a system of governance in which a single ruler threats the state as personal property( patrimony)appointments to public office are made on the basis of unswerving loyalty to the ruler, In turn state officials exercise wide authority in other domains such as economy often for their personal benefit and that of the ruler to the detriment of the general population
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Patrimonialism
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