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36 Cards in this Set
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Competition between opposing forces |
Conflict |
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Working Together |
Cooperation |
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Legitimate Power |
Authority |
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A society organized through the exercise of political authority |
Polity |
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A broader term than government. Its principals are markets, hierarchies and networks. |
Governance |
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The ability to make someone behave in a certain way |
Power |
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An angreement in general |
Consensus |
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The belief that scientific method is the only source of reliable knowledge |
Scientism |
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The belief that social theories should be constructed only an observable behaviour and providing quantifiable data for researc |
Behaviouralism |
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Human interaction |
Discourse |
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The belief saying human actions and choices are entirely conditioned by external factors (free will is a myth) |
Determinism |
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General idea about something |
Concept
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A pattern or model that highlights relevant features of a particular phenomenon, rather in the manner of an ideal type |
Paradigm |
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Making Law |
Legislation |
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Implement Law |
Execution |
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Interpret Law |
Adjudication |
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Problems resulting from institutional rivalry within government |
Government Gridlock |
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The application of values drawn from one's own culture to other groups and peoples. |
Ethnocentrism |
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Logical instrument to group things we consider are similar |
Typology |
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A system which the executive is drawn from and accountable to the parliament |
Westminder Model |
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The features of a political system that are unique to it |
Exceptionalism |
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Rule by many |
Polyarchy |
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Rule by God |
Theocracy |
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The belief claiming that the world can be understood and explained through the exercise of human reason and its national structure |
Rationalism |
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A higher ideology over which ideological debate can take place |
Meta-Ideology |
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Rule by talented |
Meritocracy |
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The belief that society is made up of a collection at largely self-sufficient individuals who owe nothing to one-another |
Atomism |
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Old order, related with French Revolution |
Ancien Regime |
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A policy that cares about those unable to help themselves |
Paternalism |
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The obligations of nobility |
Noblesse Oblige |
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The belief that talent and leadership cannot be learnt. |
Natural Aristocracy |
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The deterministic form of Marxism that dominated intellectual life in orthodox communist states |
Dialectical Materialism |
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A form of democracy that operates through power-sharing and a close association amongst a number of parties or policital formations |
Consociational Democracy |
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A state or process of depersonalization; separation from one's geunine or essential nature |
Alienation |
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The modification of original or established beliefs |
Revisionism |
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An ideological tendency within European conservatism, characterized by commitment to social market principles and qualified interventionism |
Christian Democracy |
