Month 3

Question 1

Democratic states are generally as ____ as nondemocracies

Answer 1

war-prone

Question 2

Normative Assumptions

Answer 2

-states externalization norms that are developed within domestic processes

-anarchic nature if politics implies nondemocratic domination

Question 3

democratic norms

Answer 3

live and let live

Question 4

no democratic norms

Answer 4

competition is violent and coercive

Question 5

structural assumptions

Answer 5

-international challenges require leaders to mobilize support from legitimate groups

-shortcuts can only be done in emergencies

Question 6

rich states don’t fight because

Answer 6

the losses outweigh the gains

Question 7

rapidly growing states ______ through war

Answer 7

harm their own growth

Question 8

most post wwii democracies have

Answer 8

allied in some way with one another before

Question 9

considerable factors of war-proneness

Answer 9

degree of institutional constraints
wealth and economic growth
alliances
contiguity
military capability

Question 10

preventative war

Answer 10

fear of power decline relative to adversary fuels conflict

Question 11

what causes war and change

Answer 11

uneven rates of growth

Question 12

liberal complaisance leaves states

Answer 12

militarily unprepared for wars

Question 13

democratic leader/challenger

Answer 13

-rules reflect liberal institutions, not anarchy

-states are outnumbered so band together

-positive sum relationships

Question 14

democratic leader/nondemocratic challenger

Answer 14

-will not wage war but forms defensive alliance systems

-attempts at external balancing often fail

-coalitions are deterrents rather than stimuli for preventative war

Question 15

accommodation

Answer 15

leader and challenger are democracies

Question 16

internal balancing

Answer 16

problematic for democracies unless they possess an inexpensive option

Question 17

alliance formation

Answer 17

declining democracies confronting rising nondemocracies

Question 18

preventative war

Answer 18

declining nondemocratic states

Question 19

risk of military conflict depends on

Answer 19

speed of transition to democracy and social composition

Question 20

democratizing states tend to pursue

Answer 20

nationalist, expansionist and belligerent foreign policy

Question 21

anocratic

Answer 21

semi-democracy

Question 22

democracy is more likely in

Answer 22

developed countries

Question 23

military regimes are more susceptible to

Answer 23

internal disintegration

Question 24

cadre

Answer 24

group trained to carry out goals of party-state and encore pedagogy

Question 25

personalist clique

Answer 25

closest people to the political leader

Question 26

personalist regimes arise when

Answer 26

military and the party are not developed or autonomous

Question 27

what affects the longevity of regimes

Answer 27

the death of a leader the narrowness of support bases few endogenous instability sources

Question 28

direct democracy

Answer 28

all eligible citizens actively participate

Question 29

representative democracy

Answer 29

eligible citizens remain the sovereign power

Question 30

parliamentary democracy

Answer 30

the representative is appointed and dismissed by other elected representatives

Question 31

presidential democracy

Answer 31

president is head of government and controls most executive powers

Question 32

democratic backsliding

Answer 32

gradual return of a state to autocracy

Question 33

authoritarian resurgence

Answer 33

state has history of authoritarianism and that leads to a resurgence

Question 34

single party

Answer 34

one political party controls the government

Question 35

military regime

Answer 35

high ranking military officials determine policies

Question 36

personalist regime

Answer 36

leader surrounds himself with closest individuals

Question 37

international cooperation

Answer 37

states alter policies to best coincide with one another’s preferences

Question 38

single party regimes tend to develop

Answer 38

all-encompassing ideology rather than legitimize rule (depends on public acceptance)

Question 39

political incentive theory

Answer 39

political leaders care most about staying in office —strive to satisfy domestic society

Question 40

passive influences on authoritarianism

Answer 40

—diffusion and learning processes tied to distant events —influence of international system of sovereign states —shifting nature of international economy —role of international linkages

Question 41

passive

Answer 41

no intent to shape politics

Question 42

active

Answer 42

intent to shape politics

Question 43

unintended

Answer 43

intent and autocracy bolstering not primary intention

Question 44

autocratic sponsorship

Answer 44

intent, bolstering primary intention

Question 45

democratic resistance

Answer 45

intent, bolstering, principal motivations not ideological

Question 46

autocracy promotion

Answer 46

intent, bolstering, principal motivations ideological

Question 47

petrostates are often driven by

Answer 47

high oil revenue

Question 48

effects of high oil revenue driven autonomy

Answer 48

lowered domestic accountability larger funding for militaristic expansion

Question 49

SIT

Answer 49

people form aspects of their self-image based on social group

Question 50

why did gorbachev adopt new thinking

Answer 50

moscow’s declining economy and power reagan administrations arms spending and covent operations ability to reverse erosion of power

Question 51

Russia’s assertiveness is linked to

Answer 51

economic recovery

Question 52

russia is divided upon its

Answer 52

european-ness

Question 53

china and russia post ussr both needed to

Answer 53

recover, appeal to other new potential allies, integrate into national order without putting in all the work