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24 Cards in this Set
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PAC
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Political
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Pleuralism
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A diffusion of power among special interst groups
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Checks and balances
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System to ensure that no one branch of government dominates the others.
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Power elite
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Consists of top business, corporation leaders,political and military leaders
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Ruling class
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Power elite
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3 essential conditions of war
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Antagonistic situation, cultural tradition of war, fuel that heats antagonism
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7 fuels
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Revenge, power, prestige, unity, position, ethnicity, beliefs
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Costs of war
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Financial and in lives
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Dehumanization
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Process of reducing people to objects that do not deserve to be treated as humans
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Terrorism
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Violence intended to create fear in order to bring about political objectives
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True/false
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Least industrialized nations possess nuclear weapons. India, china and n. Korea TRUE
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True/false
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90% of terrorists come from intact, caring families TRUE
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Process of radicalization
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Moral outrage, ideology, shared outrage and ideology, group decision
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True/false
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To understand terrorists we must focus on group dynamics not the individual. TRUE
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G 7 (group of seven)
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The seven richest, most powerful and most tecq advanced nations--- Canada, France,Germany, great Britain, Italy, Japan, united states.
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Recent addition to the group of seven
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China
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New world order
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Nations cooperating for economic reasons, globalization of capitalism ( the key political event) politics and economics set the stage for the other
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Coalition of trading partners along with the internet is making borders insignificant.
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TRUE
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Block to global unity
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National patriotism and ethnic loyalties
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3kinds of authority
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Traditional authority (patterns from past rule present)
Rational legal authority (power based on law and written procedures) charismatic authority ( loyalty to leader whom people attracted to) |
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Types of government
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Monarchy, democracy, dictatorship (power ceased by individual) oligarchy (power ceased by small group)
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Proportional representation
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European nations-legislative seats are allotted based on % of votes each political party receives. US has winner take all system
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Pluralism
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Diffusion of power among many interest groups that prevents any single group from gaining control.
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War and terrorism
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Both means of attempting to accomplish political objectives
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