Hauss 01 Seeing with New Eyes

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Arab Spring

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Series of protests that rocked much of the Middle East in 2010 and 2011.

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authoritarian

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favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom (forced obedience to authority and as a result, losing your freedom)

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regime

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The institutions and practices that endure from government to government, such as the constitutional order in a democracy.

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democracy

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A system of government in which sovereignty resides in the people.

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democratization

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The process of developing democratic states.

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colored revolutions

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A term that is widely used by worldwide media to describe various related movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000’s.

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identity

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How people define themselves in racial, linguistic, ethnic, or religious terms.

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cold war

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Rivalry between the superpowers from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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human security

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The belief that security includes all areas, not just the military.

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nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

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Nonprofit, private groups that exert political influence around the world and are playing an increasingly important role in determining developmental and environmental policies.

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positive-sum outcome

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Conflict resolution in which all parties benefit. Also known as win-win.

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win-win outcome

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Conflict resolution in which all parties benefit; also known as positive-sum game.

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zero-sum game

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Political outcome in which one side wins and the other loses.

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resilient

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Springing back; rebounding

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globalization

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Popular term used to describe how international economic, social, cultural, and technological forces are affecting events inside individual countries.

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BRICS

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

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9/11

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A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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crisis

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A critical turning point.

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sustainability

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The ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely.

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politics

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The process through which a community, state, or

organization organizes and governs itself.

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power

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As conventionally defined, the ability to get someone to

do something he or she otherwise would not do.

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theory

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Explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis.

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paradigm

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A theory that covers an entire discipline.

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falsify

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Contradicting a theory by finding at least one example in which it does not hold true.

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state

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All individuals and institutions that make public policy, whether they are in the government or not.

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systems theory

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A model for understanding political life:; examining how a state's components interact over time and how nonpolitical and international forces shape what it can and cannot accomplish.

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government

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Either a generic term to describe the formal part of | the state or the administration of the day.

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constitution

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A basic political document that lays out the institutions and procedures a country follows.

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nation

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As used by political scientists, primarily a psychological term to describe attachment or identity rather than a geopolitical unit such as the state.

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input

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Support or demand from people to the state.

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political culture

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Basic values and assumptions that people have | toward authority, the political system, and other overarching themes in political life.

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political participation

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Opportunities for citizens to take part in their country's government, such as voting in competitive elections, joining interest groups, and engaging in protest.

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political party

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Organization that contests elections or otherwise contends for power.

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interest group

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An organization formed to work for the views of a relatively narrow group of people, such as a trade union or business association.

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support

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In systems analysis, popular input that tends to endorse (or support) the current leadership and its policies.

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demand

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Inputs through which people and interest groups put | pressure on the state for change. (Input that asks for change)

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output

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Public policy in systems theory.

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public policy

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The decisions made by a state that define what it will do.

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feedback

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How events today are communicated to people later on and shape what people do later on.

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feedback loop

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Used in economics to refer to a situation where part of the output of a situation is used for new input

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environment

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In systems theory, everything lying outside the political system.

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equilibrium

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A state of rest or balance

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vicious cycle

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System that deteriorates over time.

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virtuous circle

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System that improves over time.

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industrialized democracy

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The richest countries with advanced economies and liberal states.

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hybrid regime

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Term used to describe regimes that combine elements of liberal democracy and authoritarianism in post-communist and other countries.

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Global South

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The underdeveloped and largely poor countries in the world. Often called the third world.