Poli Sci 2

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Describe what institutions Stalin used to socialize the Soviet population.

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Controliing the media. Controlling education. Rewriting history. Fear. Killing off enemies.

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Contrast the soft socialization of Madame Blueberry and the techniques used by Stalin.

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Madame Blueberry uses subltetly, Social Influence, and things children can relate to. Stalin is controlling and forced. No choice but to beleive.

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Characteristics of a totalitarian state.

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Monistic Ideology, Single Party, Terror, Monopoly of commications and police. Controleed Economy.

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"Anti-dictatorial" pressures

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1.) The importance of "pacts"
2.) Sudden Change/probability of success.
3.) Crisis or Non-Crisis
4.) Democracy and Freedom
5.) Democracy and Capitalism

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The importance of media in controlling the population.

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Using the media is the only way to reach out to the entire population of russia and reaching in the far out hard to reach areas.

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Shively's Four suggestions for the transition to democracy.

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1.) Fatigue of authoritarian regime
2.) International "Peer pressure"
3.) Popular demands for security and rejection of arbitrary leadership stryles.
4.) Peoples desire for economic development.

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Easton's Model of the political system

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Agents of socialization

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people and/or groups that influence self concepts

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Gabriel Almond

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Came up with the idea of political culture

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Third Wave

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Book, traces the transition of states from authoritarian and totalitarian.

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Huntington

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Wrote "Third Wave"

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progressive tax

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A type of graduated tax that applies higher tax rates as the income of the taxpayer increases.

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regressive taxes

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A tax with a rate that decreases as the taxpayer's income increases.

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incrementalism

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a policy of making decisions cautiously and implementing them through small staged changes rather than in bold sweeps

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rents

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transfers of money that do not relate to production

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radicalism

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making decisions in bold sweeps and changing polices rapidly

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arbitrary decisions

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dcision that is made on a whim. the people affected did not see it coming and never learn why the decision was made.

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due process

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an expectation that certain procedures must always be followed in making a policy and that if they were not, the policy should be void.

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externalities

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a situation in which there are social costs or benefits beyond the individual costs and benefits involved in a transaction

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authority

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power based on a general agreement that the holder of the power has the right to issue certain commands and that those commands should be obeyed

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legitimacy

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beleif that the people in power should appropriately wield authority.

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social capital

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network of activities (clubs, chruces, etc) where people build trust and positive expectations about actions

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autocracy

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Government by a single person having unlimited power

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pacts

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agreements to accept democracy

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single-party state

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one party, no opposition allowed.

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coup

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the forceful deposition of a government by all or a portion of the armed forces and installation of a new military govt.

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crisis transitions

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transitions from autocratic to a democratic system that take place in the context of an economic crisis.

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mobutu

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Mobutu overthrew the existing government of the Congo in 1965

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Stroessner

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president and dictator of Paraguay (1954–89)

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Gorbachev

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Soviet politician who was general secretary of the Communist party from 1985–1991 and president of the USSR from 1989–1991,

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Khadaffi

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the nominal leader of the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf

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Willy Brandt

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German political leader. He served as chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974)

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Amendability

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capable of being changed

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rational choice

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model of politics that assumes all that are involved act rationally.

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magna carta

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1215 A document or piece of legislation that serves as a guarantee of basic rights.

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proportional representation

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electoral system where a party receives seats based on the number of votes they received

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plurality

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The excess of votes cast for one candidate over those votes cast for any other candidate.

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majority

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The greater number or part;

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conventional participation

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representative govt

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unconventional participation

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relatively uncommon behavior that threatens or defies government channels.

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rational maximization

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weighing the benefits against the consequences

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monistic ideology

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all existing things can be ascribed to or described by a single concept or system.

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parocial political culture

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least developed, no specialized roles for citizens. No expectations from the state or gvt. Most common in tribal societies

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Subject political culture

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State provides certain collective goods, but the political class is seperate and distinct, and individual systems neither aspire to it, nor attempt to influence it. Citizens recognize govt authority.

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Participant political culture

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Members are explicitly oriented towards the political system. Their sentiments may range from approval to disapproval and individual citizens play an activist role`

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civic culture

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mixture or tradional and modern cultures, 3 types

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Types of legitimacy

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legitimacy by results: providing people with what they want,
" by habit: its been around for a while.
" by historical,religions, or ethnic identity: ties with similarities
" by procedures: using self gratifying procedures to build confidence

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smdp

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single member district plurality systems.

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modern democracy

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Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives

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special human rights

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right to survive, free speach, right to privacy

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fairness and equality

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fairness is what is just but not necessarily equal, and equality is not necessarily just but equal.

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competeive elections

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give people the reason to vote, and feel like they have a choice