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Electoral authoritarian

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Elections are held nominally

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Hybrid regime

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Neither fully authoritarian nor fully democratic

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Competitive authoritarian

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Tolerates some political competition

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Delegative democracy

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Democracy but electorate delegates much authority to the government

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Illiberal democracy

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Democracy but lacks some political/civil rights

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Why hybrid regimes?

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Authoritarian transition lead to incomplete democratization, democratic breakdown, can be enduring

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Problem of illiberal democracies

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Wrapped in legitimacy, gives democracy a bad name

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Modern communism

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Seeks to create human equality by eliminating private property and market–> no exploitation/repression

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Marx’s evolution of society

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Primitive (ideal because everyone shares but so little to share) –> slavery –> feudalism –> capitalism (raises surplus level) –> communism

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Socialism

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Embrace liberal democratic political systems, economic equality through state action

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Earliest rise of communism

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1871 commune of Paris

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Remaining communist regimes

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Cuba, China, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam

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Pink state

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Socialist democratic regime in N/W europe

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Marx theory of communism

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Working class revolt; advance productivity, class struggle, relations of production

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Lenin theory of communism

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Vanguard party in Russia so ignite in feudal stage

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Mao theory of communism

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Strategize (alliance with workers and peasants, nationalism)

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International theory of communism

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Comminterm, WWII

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Why the decline in communism?

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Revolution via voting, social welfare, american dream, communist regimes became totalitarian, failure of planned economy, Gorbachev, Cold War propaganda

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Constitution

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Fundamental and supreme laws that establish the basis of a political system and the basis for other laws; symbolize social contracts, basic founding laws of societies

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Constitutionalism

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Limitation of government through a constitution

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Constitutional design

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Features of constitutions that form the basis of the political system (ex: separation of powers, federalism)

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Types of constitutions

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Flexible v rigid; authoritarian vs democratic

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Judicial review

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Power/process of constitutional courts to determine legality of laws

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Is judicial review anti-democratic?

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Not elected judges but they can protect minorities

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Parliamentary sovereignty
Constitutionality of laws passed by legislature and executive are not subject to judicial review
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Federalism
Separation of power and authority among different levels of government
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Benefits of federalism
Strategy for security, promote democratic inclusion, benefits of economic unity
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How many countries are federal?
20/200
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Unitarian
Unitary central gov; can have multiple levels of delegation but all power grows out of central body
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Where is Unitarism prevalent?
Small size countries, homogenous, colonial heritage
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Riker theory of why federalism
Bargain among regional actors (US)
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Stepan theory of why federalism
Instrument to unite separate groups (Canada)
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Social stability and federalism
May support because different groups get power, safety valve, more autonomy May compromise because empower secessionists, independent identities
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Federalism and democratic rights
Allows variety of laws with local preferences but does not allow equal protection across the country
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Economic performance and federalism
"Heathy" competition because companies can "vote with their feet" leads to more efficiently but race to the bottom and if states have power they may spend irresponsibly
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Legislature
Assembly or body of representatives with authority to make laws
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Functions of legislatures
Representation via debate, hearings; vote on legislation, control spending, remove executive, "socialize" politicians, constituent service/get reflected
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Types of legislatures
Unicameral- China, NK | Bicameral- Japan, UK, US
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District system
Voters select representatives from specific geographic constituents
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Single member district
Single representative wins election
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First past the post
Candidate with the most votes wins
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Runoff
Top candidates after 1st round go to additional rounds until majority
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Multi member district
Districts have more than one representative
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Proportional representation
Voters choose a preferred party and parties win seats according to percentage of the vote the party wins
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Closed list PR
Party leaders determine politicians elected
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Open list PR
Citizens vote for individual candidates and votes for all candidates aggregated by party
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Alternative vote
Voter ranks candidate and voters of lower ranking candidates are reallocated
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Single transferrable vote
Reallocate surplus votes according to 2nd choices
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Indirect voting
Representatives chosen by other elected officials
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Representation
Public officials acting on behalf of the citizenry
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Mandate approach to representation
Follow public opinion
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Independence approach to representation
Exercise discretion
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SMD and representation
Voter on losing side may not feel represented, gerrymandering, malapportionment
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Apportionment
Process by which legislative seats are distributed
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Malapportionment
Apportionment in which voters are unequally represented
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PR and representation
Emphasize platforms and interests but no geographic representation
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What shapes representation?
Legislative decision making rules (committees), political party discipline, executive-legislative relations
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Executive
Executes/administers policies and laws
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Types of executive power
Formal, informal, partisan
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Formal power of executives
Function of constitutional/legal position (decrees, exec order, veto, dissolve leg)
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Informal power of executive
Based on custom, convention, influence
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Partisan power of executive
By virtue of leverage or power over members of party
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Parlaimentary
Head of gov is elected by and accountable to legislature
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Presidentialism
President is chief executive; independent of legislatures and head of government/head of state
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Semi-presidential
President is directly elected and PM is president appointed
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Minimum winning coalition
No extra/surplus parties- if you remove one it dissolves
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Minimum connected winning coalition
Minimum winning and connected on spectrum
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Minimum size
Lowest number of seats possible
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Minimum number of parties
Lowest number of parties
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Median party
Includes median party
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Minimum range
Minimize range on spectrum
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Clientilism
System of political favors for support (acts of patronage)
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Why is parliamentarism better for democracy?
Clear legitimacy, flexible terms of office, power sharing, PM style, insider executives
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Critique of why parliamentarism is better for democracy
Empirical: parliamentary countries are often wealthier; theoretical: parliamentary depends on institutions, can still be winner take all
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Styles of presidential rule
Delegative democracy with power to president; populism with direct appeal to people and political ties with masses
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Patterns of parliamentary rule
Can be unstable, consociational model: systems that coordinate power sharing among different groups
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Political party
Political organization that seeks to influence policy by getting candidates and members elected or appointed to public office
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Party systems
Patterns of party politics characterized by the number of relevant parties in a country
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Interest groups
Organizations that make demands in he political system on behalf of their constituents and members
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Interest articulation
Process by which political actors express their demands, needs, or wants in a political system
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Interest aggregation
Process by which individuals' preferences are brought together to make collective decisions
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Types of political parties
Elite, mass, catch all
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Elite party
Membership and scope restricted to a small number of elites
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Mass political party
Large number of citizens as members and that undertake massive political mobilization
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Catch all party
Flexible on ideological positions and aim to attract support from a broad range of interest groups and voters
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Types of party systems
Dominant, two party, multi party
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Dominant party system
One large party dominates
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Single party system
Other parties banned
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Two party system
Two significant parties with a duopoly
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Multiparty system
More than two major parties (fragmented if many small parties, concentrated if few large parties)
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Effective number of parties
Measure to capture number of meaningful parties
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Party system institutionalization
Degree to which a party system is stable-persistence of parties, stability of ideologies, degree to which parties are distinct from individuals
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Pluralism
Interest groups compete openly
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Corporatism
Certain major groups represent interests
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What shapes the party system?
Electoral rules; geography, history, economy; ideology and ideas
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Duverger's law
District system --> 2 party because strategic voting; PR --> multiparty
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Outcomes of party systems
2 party --> centrism because appeals to median voter (unless polarized voters)
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Interest groups and representation
Pluralism is good because equal opportunity but bad because collective action & important groups may be excluded Corporatism is good because ensures representation and facilitates consensus building but bad because authoritarianism, cronyism, impedes reform
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How to calculate effective number of parties
Take proportion of seats held by each party, square each one, add them up, take the inverse If a+b+c+d=1 1/a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2

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