Slide 2 - Political Crime

Question 1

What is a political crime

Answer 1

It is a rule breaking by people with political goals and/or people in possession of political power

Question 2

What is an example of political crime

Answer 2

War between nations - debate

Question 3

What are different ways of conducting political conflict

Answer 3

Discussion, debate, protest, rebellion and war

Question 4

Is political crime peaceful or violent

Answer 4

These range a spectrum from peaceful to violent

Question 5

What is corruption

Answer 5

Simpliest form of political crime

Question 6

What are the three types of corruption

Answer 6

Bribery

Patronage

Fraud

Question 7

What is bribery

Answer 7

The payment of money or favours to an official for special consideration

Question 8

What is patronage

Answer 8

Giving special consideration to people on the basis of friendship or kinship

Question 9

What is Fraud

Answer 9

Any use of deception or false pretence for the purpose of self enrichment

Question 10

What is particularism

Answer 10

Exclusive attachment to one’s own group, party, or nation

Question 10

What is particularism

Answer 10

Exclusive attachment to one’s own group, party, or nation

Question 11

How is particularism coincide with government decision

Answer 11

it is inevitable

1. People know whom they are favouring and why
2. People know that working for a particular party will result in rewards
3. Political patronage works consistently

Question 12

What is treason

Question 13

What is treason

Answer 13

is a label given by the state to those acts that oppose its goals to the point of seeking to OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT

Question 14

Why is treason good - in the eyes of a functionalist

Answer 14

criminalizing opposition to the state is good because it maintains social and political stability

Question 15

What is a riot

Answer 15

It is a form of political protest that indicates grassroots dissatisfaction with the government

Question 16

What are the characteristics of riots

Answer 16

They are emotional, violent, and localized collective behaviours

Often unplanned and unpredictable

Question 17

What is mass medias role in riots

Answer 17

They spread rationalizations and the symbols of indentifications that rioters come to use

• Come up with terms such as BLM

Question 18

What is the goal of torture

Answer 18

To inflict severe pain

Question 19

What is the goal of torture

Answer 19

1. Pain
2. Extract information

Question 20

What is war and who is involved

Answer 20

Most people consider war to be an armed conflict between two countries or groups within a country

Question 21

Which countries are less likely to wage war against each other

Answer 21

Countries with similar values

Question 22

Where does violent protest come from

Answer 22

It can emerge out of these frustrated hopes and expectations in examples of what Merton called ‘rebellion’

Question 23

What is a revolution

Answer 23

It is the successful overthrow of the prevailing elite by a new elite who, after taking power, change the fundamental social and authority structure of the state

Ex. Hunger games - over thrown

Question 24

What is the usual outcome of a revolution

Answer 24

they rarely achieve their original goals, it just substitutes one form of restrictive power for another

Question 25

What did Barrington Moore explain about the outcomes of revolutions

Answer 25

Outcome of a revolution depends largely on which social classes attack the ruler

Question 26

What are the Three (3) possible outcomes of a revolution

Answer 26

1. Communist Regime

Question 26

What are the Three (3) possible outcomes of a revolution depending on who attacks the ruler

Answer 26

1. Communist Regime - Primarily peasants 2. Parliamentary Democracy - Independent farmers or craftsmen [middle-class] 3. Fascism - Military and landed aristocracy

Question 27

What is the difference between 'rebellion' and 'revolution'

Answer 27

The difference between the two is that if a REBELLION succeeds in overthrowing the government and making significant political changes, its considered a revolution

Question 28

What is a populist movements

Answer 28

It is a movements aimed at moving power back to individual voters, rather than representatives, elites, or backroom brokers

Question 29

What are some of the results of a populist movement

Answer 29

Lead to new social parties in Western Canada [ NDP/ CFF, Social Credit Party]

Question 30

What class-based issues are driving the industrial world in rebellion

Answer 30

Environmentalism, vivil rights, anti-racism, and feminism

Question 31

What is a bandit communities

Answer 31

BANDITRY. is a primitive form of organized social protest, without any long-term political agenda [ robin-hood]

Question 32

What are Guerrilla Communities

Answer 32

Guerrillas are soldiers in an irregular or undeclared [usually civil] war

Question 33

What are common traits shared between Guerrillas and terrorist groups

Answer 33

* Surprise tacts * Hopes of discrediting the government through successful attacks

Question 34

What is the difference between Guerrillas and terrorist

Answer 34

Terrorist groups can work with fewer members and a smaller skill set than guerrilla forces

Question 35

How do Guerrilla Communities control and influence within their communities

Answer 35

They must work more openly than terrorist and use more focused methods of violence They use propaganda and persuasion to hold control, with terrorism as a last resort

Question 36

What are Terrorist Communities

Answer 36

They are primarily men with a higher-than-average education, middle-to-upper class backgrounds, specific skills, and strong political motivation

Question 37

Why do young men join terrorist communities

Answer 37

Terrorist are the only role models available to them in repressed social, political, and economic areas

Question 38

WHat is a state sponsored terrorism

Answer 38

state-sanctioned use of terrorist groups to facilitate foreign-policy objectives

Question 39

How does functionalist theorist view conflict and war

Answer 39

conflict enhances social cohesion and group identity by creating a common cause for which people can fight War leads to economic mobilization

Question 40

What is strategic culture

Answer 40

It is a collective belief about the use of force in international politics, based upon the groups' experiences

Question 41

How can media effect how we see far and its progress

Answer 41

Media can install aggression and a habit of resolving conflict with force in boys

Question 42

How do critical theorist view war and conflict

Answer 42

Protest, revolution, and terror occur where change can no longer be attained through discussion War benefits some groups[rulling classes, corporations, and the military] but not many others

Question 43

How do feminist theorist see war

Answer 43

Although women are very affected by wars, men are usually the ones to declare wars against one another

Question 44

What is gendercide

Answer 44

Use of specific gender related war crimes

Question 45

What are examples of gendercide

Answer 45

when involving women it is usually - rape - slavery, torture 2. Against men, it usually involves such as punishment, torture, or execution of men of military age

Question 46

What is an example of Bribery

Answer 46

Someone paying the judge for an outcome that could benefit them

Question 47

What is an example of patronage

Answer 47

A president putting their family in high power because they can, not because its fair

Question 48

Is bandit communities main goal to overthrow a ruler

Answer 48

No, just a pushback against society

Question 49

What's an example of the Guerrilla Community

Answer 49

13th district -trying to maintain control of their own communities