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gender
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ideas about male and female and the relations btw then as a social constructions rather than the product of biolo determinants
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patriarchy
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idealogy and institutions of male rule molde domin and femaile submition
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women's policy interest
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refereing to officail decisinos or practices in which women have a special stake bc of need discrm or lack of equality
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subsistence economies
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refering to activities outside that cash ecnomy for bather or home use
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pronatalist
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policies or values that support high birth rates
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overpopulation
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high birth rates that go over death rates producing a growth that is diffult to sustain
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feminist
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A person whose beliefs and behavior are based on feminism
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mainstreaming
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btw gender and environ infusing public policies w/ a gbender or envirn focuse
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women's policy machinery
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units w.in gov such as womens bureax and commission of women ministries of women and womens desk
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democracy promotion
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wide approach from democracy assistance but also diplomatic pressure and coercive forms of intervention where democ is stated goal
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civil society
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associations btw the family and the state and releasise the independecnt of state and want to influence public poolicy w.o aspiration to public offense
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failing states
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a state that is failing in respect to some or all of its functions but not yet collasped
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traditional civil society
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is an informal organized and it follows patterms that are rooted in history and society
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state collapse
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when a functioning state ceases to exisst
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social capital
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special social networks norms and trust that helps participants function more effectivily in pursueing a common goal
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patron-client relations
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connects parton and clientism; politcally movitated use of favors inorder to keep support among groups and exchange of spefic services resoources btw ind for votes btw unequals
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corruption
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involving the private use of public office and resiouses its illegal
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modern civil society
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globalization
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increasing economic integration, like intl trade, becoming less detached territorially to interact globalaly
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neo-liberalism
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new liberal theory that stressed dependency on the market for resources rather than states with the globalization economy intergration
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privatization
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the transformation of sth that is communially or publically owned to private property
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commodification
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transforming sth into a commidity to be sold on the market
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people power movements
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comprised popular civil problems to oppression and injustice that depend primary on methods of nonviolent action rather than armed methods
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sustainable developement
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the ability or task developement that meets the needs of present generation with out comprising the future generation to do so while taking care of the envornominent
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global justice movement
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a bunch of transnational network of ngos and social movement org opposed to neoliberal economic , ns inequalities, participtory democracy, equality, and sustainable developement
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social movements
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loose networks of org that come about in response to an issue, crisis, or concern and seek to influence social and other public policy through direct action and no/use violence
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nonviolent action
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methods of polit action that dont involve violence or the threat of agianst humans but seeks diplomatic measures and or boycotts
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constuctive programmes
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by apply solutions at the local lvl to help ppl become self reliant and less dependent upon the oppressor or state
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caste
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system of social stratification by hereidt status and social customs supported by customs or law
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non governmental organizations
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org that dont working in state but in civ soc but somtimes funded by state
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liberation theology
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theological thought that with widespread influence in LA 1960s that explores christian theology and politics activism in the areas of poverty social justice and human rights
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institutions
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coll of set norms, rules, procedures informally or formally esbl org or informal rules and regu in culture
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legitimacy
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a phycological relationship btw the governed and the gov which is the belief that the gov has the right to exercise polictal authority over the society
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despotic power
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the power to control and suppress not and not to transform and change society
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infrastructural power
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is the capacity of the state to penetrate civil society and to use this penetration to enforce policy throughout its entire territory
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developemental state
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the concentrating of power , autonomy, and capacity at the core to bring about devel. objectives by encouraging economic growth or influencing it directly
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scramble for africa
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the nickname that was given to the 19th century colonization and movement of colonizing country to africa and its exspansion
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caudillismo
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historically it was the organization of political life in parts of LA by local strongmen competing for power and its spoils
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soft state
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a state that has low enforment capactiy like those with lax beauc and corrruption
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new institutional economics
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an approach that focuses on the way societies institutions affect econmic performance
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developemental administration
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a feild of study that focuses giving an understanding of adm performance in the specific ecnomy and cultureal contexts of poor non wester soct
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predatory state
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a state that exploits the ppl for the benifit of the rulers and holds back dev
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neo patrimonial
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a combo of patrimonialism and legal rational beauc rule which gives formal recogn to the distinction btw public and the private
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transaction costs
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the cost of doing business ina market economy costs like finding info in a market and penalties when parties dont keep a contract
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HIV/AIDS
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affects the cells of human immune system hiv causes aids which is a diseases that affect the immune system
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embedded autonomy
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the state has competant beauc and the insulation of state inst from special interests in society
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good governence
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from the WB it means sound management of public affairs w/ a bias toward newliberal concept of state role in economy
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stateless societies
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a society that doesnt have a stae but still enjoys a measure of social and economic order
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state failure
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less that complete collasp of the state system
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warlords
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powerful regional forces that posses coercive powers inside a country
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societal collaspe
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happens when the link and mechanisms btw state and society and w/in society are destroyed
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competitive authoritarianism
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sort of a liberal democracy where the democractic instistions are viewed as te principal source of politcal authority by rulers violate the rules so often that gov doesnt meet the min standards of democ
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polyarchy
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idea that democracy rest on public contestation and the right to participate
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fallacy of electoralism
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allowing electorial contestation as a condition for democracy
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pseudo democracy
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when there isnt a suffient fair areana of electorial contenstation to allow the ruling party to be turned out of power
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democratization backwards
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situtatoins where free elections are introduced in before basic institutions of the modern state are set up, such as executive accountabilty and that rule of law
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pacted transition
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where transition to democracy comes about by agreement among political elites important to the precursor regime
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only game in town
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when applied to a perception that democratic elections are a permant inst
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path dependence
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claims that where you come from and the method of change made or nor made along the way influence the outcome and final destination
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cruel choice
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a term that means either concentrate on economic developement or copy the west
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wealth theory of democracy
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claiming that the possibility for stable democ are sig influenced by economic and socio economic develop
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rentier states
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when states get their reveune from rents from a resource like oil or foreign aid rather than taxing its citizens but gov has low accountabilty
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political culture
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embacing the attitudes beliefs and values that are said to underlie a political system
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informal institutions
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rules/ procedures that are created and communicated and enforecced outside the officially ssanctioned channels and they sometimes overide the formal institutions
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delegative democracy
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whoever wins the electino to president is entitled to govern as they see fit constrained only by term limit and and exisisting power relations
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direct democracy
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where citizens can vote directly on public policy and decide what is to be done on political issues
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democracy assistance
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international support to democratic reform cheifly by way of specific projects and programs
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regime change
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removing a gov by external force like in afgh and iraq
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human developement
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about freedom, well being, and dignity of ppl everywhere according to the UN the UNDP measures this by the HDI
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process conditionality
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requierment of the poverty reduction strategy process that a gov forms by consultation by local stakeholders and civil society
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heavily indebted countries
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made by the IMF and the W has the obj to bring devl countries debt to sustainable lvls, and struct adj and reform efforts are not stoped bc of debt
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aid selectivity
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determ aid allocations btw countries on the basis of demonstable commiment to prodevl policies and institutions rather than furture promises
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cross conditionality
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when one lender makes its aid offers conditional on the clients meetings by other lenders
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millennium developement goals
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devl by the UN to help the eriraditions in extreme pov, universal primary edu, gender equality, reduce child mort, impr maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, ensuring environ sustainibility, global partnership for dev countries
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