Politics 101

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Realism

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A way of looking at the world where the focus is on what we are able to do; what is possible for the world to be. Also refers to a theoretical perspective in international relations that views international politics as a strategy game.

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Idealism

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A way of looking at the world where the focus is on what we would like to do; what we would like the world to be. Also refers to a theoretical perspective in international relations that stresses the quest for peace.

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Conceptual framework

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The personal experiences, preferences, and expectations that we all use to make sense of the world.

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Experiential reality

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Things that we directly experience through our five senses

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Agreement reality

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things that we believe are real even though we have never directly experienced them through our five senses

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Utopia

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an ideal world

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Poltical theory

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a body of work aimed at developing knowledge about politics and political systems

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Classic conservation

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a political ideology that maintains that unretrained individual human reason cannot take the place of long-standing, traditional institutions

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Communism

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a political ideology that advocates, via revolution, a classless, socialist society in which justice and fairness for the whole prevail over the interests of individuals.

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Heirarchy

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a societal structure that elevates someone or some group to a position of authority over others

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Socialism

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An economic system in which society controls the means of production

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Facism

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A political ideology that argues for the supremacy and purity of one group of people or nationality in a society.

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Alliances

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An agreement between groups or individuals to join resources and ablilities for a purpose that individually benefits the members of the alliance

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Anarchists

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Radical ideologues who long for a lack of authority or hierarchy because they believe that human beings are capable of peacefully intermingling and ordering society without broad, formalized governmental structures

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Collective Action

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coordinated group action that is designed to achieve a common goal that individuals acting on their own could not otherwise obtain

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The other

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Someone who is identified as an outsider and not part of the group, defined as a means of initiating conflict, and is therefore identified as the enemy

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Political capital

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An individual's or institution's reserve of power that can be called upon to achieve political goals

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power

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the ability to get something done

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Atomization

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the deliberate isolation of people from each other in society to keep them from forming a group that could threaten a leader's hold on power

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Legitimacy

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people's voluntary acceptance of their government and its exercise of authority

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Panopticon

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a social mechanism of control where people knew that while they are not watched all the time, they might be watched all the time

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Peer policing

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a system in which people police each other

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Preference falsification

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when people hide the way they truly feel while publicly expressing what those in power want them to commuicate

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Revolution

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mass uprisings focused on the goal of tearing down and replacing the current government

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Capitalism

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an economic system wherebyeach branch of government can limit the powers of the other branches

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Feudalism

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an economic system inder which peasants raise crops and livestock on small plots within the landlord's estate and are obligated to give a substantial percentage of their production to the landlord in exchange for protection

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false

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In Plato's Republic, Socrates is a realist while Thrasymachus is an idealist.

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Rally 'round the flag' effect

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after 911 bush's popularity went up

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Keynesianism

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Government should step in when the economy is down

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Laissez Faire

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an econmis system allowing very little, if any, government involvement, interference, or regulation

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Superdelegates and pledge delegates

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superdelegate can vote for whomever and a pledge delegate is when they endorse a canidate

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Mudslinging

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talking bad about the other canadates to make yourself look good. americans dont like it but it is statistically effective.

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"Dirty hands" problem

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idealist has to compromise to accomlish his goal example:piggy from Lord of the Flies

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idealist

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Socrates is an...