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Arab Spring |
a series of protests that rocked much of the Middle East in 2010 and 2011 |
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authoritarian |
a regime in which decisions are made by political elites; may also be ruled by a single dictator, hereditary monarch, a small group of aristocrats, or a single party |
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BRICS |
large countries undergoing rapid economic growth - Brazil, Russia, China, & sometimes South Africa
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coalition |
an alliance of parties that are close enough to one another to stay together for the duration of a parliamentary term |
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Cold War |
rivalry between superpowers (US & Soviet Union) from the end of WWII to the collapse of the Soviet Union |
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Colored Revolutions |
term used to describe uprisings referred to by color, such as the Green Movement in Iran |
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Constitution |
a basic political document that lays out the institutions (established law, practice, or custom) and procedures that a country follows |
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crisis |
a critical turning point |
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demand |
inputs through which people and interest groups put pressure on the state for change |
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democracy |
a system of government in which supreme power lies in the people |
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democratization/consolidation |
the process of developing democratic states |
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environment |
in systems theory, everything lying outside of the political system |
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equilibrium |
a stable condition in which forces cancel one another |
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falsify |
contradicting a theory by finding one example in which it does not hold true |
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feedback |
how events today are communicated through to people later on and shape what people do later on |
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feedback loop |
the section of a control system that allows for feedback and self correction; adjusts its operation according to differences between the actual output and desired output |
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Global South |
the underdeveloped and largely poor countries in the world; often called third world |
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globalization |
popular term used to describe how many international forces are affecting events inside individual countries |
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government |
generic term to describe part of the state/administration today |
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human security |
belief that security includes all area, not just the military |
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hybrid regimes |
term used to describe regimes that combine elements of liberal democracy and authoritarianism in post-communist and other countries; Ex: Vietnam |
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identity politics |
political attitudes and positions that focus on the concerns of social group identities; identified mainly on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation |
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imperialism |
policy of colonizing other ocuntries |
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industrialized democracy |
the riches countries with advanced economies and liberal states |
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input |
support or demand from people to state |
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interest group |
an organization formed to work for the views of a relatively narrow group of people; such as a trade union or business association |
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9/11 |
terrorist attacks that occurred in 2001 and changed the world of politics forever |
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nation |
psychological term to describe attachment or identity rather than a geopolitical unit such as a state |
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nongovernmental association (NGO) |
nonprofit private groups that exert political influence around the world and are playing an increasingly important role in determining developmental and environmental policies |
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output |
public policy in systems theory |
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paradigm |
a theory that covers an entire discipline |
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political culture |
basic values and assumptions that people have towards politics |
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political participation |
opportunities for citizens to take part in their country's government - voting, joining interest groups, and engaging in protest |
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political party |
an organization that contests elections or contends for power |
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politics |
the process through which a community set, or organization organizes and governs itself |
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positive- sum outcome |
conflict resolution in which all parties benefit; also known as win-win |
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power |
the ability to get someone to do something that he or she otherwise woudn't |
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public policy |
the decisions made by state that define what it will do |
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regime |
the institutions and practices that educe from government to government, such as the constitutional order in a democracy |
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resiliency |
an organization's ability to return to health and strength after a setback |
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state |
all individuals and institutions that make up public policy, whether they are in government or not |
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support |
input that endorses the current leadership and its policies |
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sustainability |
ability to stay in existence; to be maintained |
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systems theory |
a model for understanding political life - examines how a state's components interact over time and how nonpolitical and international forces shape what it can and cannot accomplish |
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theory |
explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis |
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vicious cycle |
system that deteriorates over time |
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virtuous cycle |
system that improves over time |
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win-win outcome |
conflict resolutions in which all parties benefit; also known as positive sum |
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zero-sum ogame |
political outcome in which one side wins and the other side loses |