POLI 227, Midterm

Question 1

Procedural Democracy

Answer 1

political system with free/fair elections, near universal suffrage

Question 2

Liberal Democracy

Answer 2

procedural democracy with civil liberties and personal freedoms. Freedom of speech, media…..
Civilian control of armed forces % rule of law

Question 3

Substantive Democracy

Answer 3

Liberal Democracy and fair policy outcomes

Question 4

First Wave of Democracy

Answer 4

1820s-1920s US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

Question 5

Second Wave of Democracy

Answer 5

move from european colonialism to electoral democracies. 1940s -1960s

Question 6

3rd Wave of democracyt

Answer 6

1980s -2011, E. Europe, S africa, S Korea; end of the cold war,

Question 7

Democratic Transition

Answer 7

moving from authoritarian to democratic gov

Question 8

Democratic Consolidation

Answer 8

dem norms/values accepted by all politically influential groups. “last game left in town”

Question 9

Freedom House

Answer 9

measure poltical/civil rights throughout the world

Question 10

Genocide

Answer 10

attempt to directly or indirectly eliminate a group of people

Question 11

Ethnic cleansing

Answer 11

attempt to “cleanse” an area of one ethnic group

Question 12

crimes against humanity

Answer 12

wide spread, systematic attacks against a civilian population