Comparitive Politics 10/12

Question 1

Mercantilism

Answer 1

Active role for state in pursuing national wealth; focus on increasing national wealth through trading

Question 2

Economic liberalism

Answer 2

Minimal role for the state in the economy; state should protect property and enforce contracts but little else

Question 3

Communism

Answer 3

Marxism, class system, exploitation; central planning through Five-Year Plan; No private ownership, businesses are nationalized; Little international trading

Question 4

Social Democracy

Answer 4

Active role for state in support of markets, combo of liberalism and socialism

Question 5

Neo corporatist institutions

Answer 5

Negotiations between labor, business, and the government to establish economic policy

Question 6

Democracy

Answer 6

Political power exercised whether directly or indirectly by the people through participation competition, and liverty

Question 7

Modernization Theory

Answer 7

As societies become wealthier and better educated, they will naturally seek and embrace liberal democracy and want popular control over the government

Question 8

Elites Theory

Answer 8

Countries democratize the powerful people see that they may be better off as a result

Question 9

Examples of Elites Theory

Answer 9

Elites may choose democracy for International support (Taiwan) or keeping wealth (South Africa) or international pressure (Japan and Germany; Iraq and Afghanistan)

Question 10

Civil society

Answer 10

People will demand more change when there is a strong civil society inside the country