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21 Cards in this Set
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A major political malfunction or instability |
system breakdown |
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when does a breakdown start |
when legitimacy fails & regime become ineffective |
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Violence that arises from conflict between basic communities |
primordial |
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a group that seeks independence from an existing state |
separatist |
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a group that seeks to overthrow or replace an existing system |
revolutionary |
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a group that is aimed against revolution |
coups d'état |
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what is the relationship between modernization and violence |
when modernization upsets traditional societies, violence happens |
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when people are not in poverty, but they see others living better than them & get angry |
relative deprivation |
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civil conflicts where at least 60% of the population is under 30 years old |
rapid population growth |
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when a society become dependent on markets, landlords, and bankers impoverish peasants |
modernization of agriculture |
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a quick, dramatic replacement of a regime that throws out the old elites |
revolution |
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a moderate change that leaves the system intact |
reform |
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who leads revolutions |
intellectual elites |
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what happens in the first stage of revolution |
conspiracies form, people disobey, and regime quickly falls |
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what happens in the second stage of revolution |
there are moderate reforms, but extremist aren't satisfied |
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what happens in the last stage of revolution |
a dictator takes over |
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what does skocpol say about revolution |
it starts at the top, rather than the bottom (government can't manage their crises and they divide into groups) |
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Why wasn't the American Revolution a true revolution |
it was a war of independence |
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What is an asymmetric strategy in terrorism? |
one that the weak use against the strong |
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what is attractive to islamic terrorist? |
the simplistic lesson of islamism |
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How should we fight terrorism? |
Like crime, instead of a war |
