Test 1 Review

Question 1

Bourgeoise

Answer 1

the upper middle class

Question 2

elite theory

Answer 2

all societies are ruled by an elite with control over all power

Question 3

1st dimension of power

Answer 3

forcing people

Question 4

2nd dimension of power

Answer 4

preventing people

Question 5

3rd dimension of power

Answer 5

persuasion and manipulation

Question 6

marxism

Answer 6

economic structure determines political behavior

Question 7

normative theory

Answer 7

what ought to occur

Question 8

political actor

Answer 8

self interested

Question 9

pluralist theory

Answer 9

society is divided into multiple groups and power is divided among the groups

Question 10

patriarchy

Answer 10

the ruling elite is male and the structure keeps men in power

Question 11

political culture

Answer 11

how culture impacts politics

Question 12

rational choice theory

Answer 12

assumes that individual will make rational choices

Question 13

structuralism

Answer 13

broad social structures can shape political behavior

Question 14

proletariat

Answer 14

working class

Question 15

political socialization

Answer 15

the process by which political beliefs are aquired

Question 16

socialization agents

Answer 16

people who reinforce the norms

Question 17

absolutism

Answer 17

power with little to no limitation

Question 18

bureaucracy

Answer 18

a government where most decisions are made by state officials instead of elected officials

Question 19

sovereignty

Answer 19

legally recognized by other sovereign states as having sole governing authority

Question 20

internal sovereignty

Answer 20

recognized as ruler by the people within the state

Question 21

external sovereignty

Answer 21

recognized as sovereign by outside states of equal power

Question 22

fealty

Answer 22

formal acknowledgment of loyalty

Question 23

legitimacy

Answer 23

recognized right to rule

Question 24

charismatic legitimacy

Answer 24

legitimacy based on personal virtues

Question 25

national legal legitimacy

Answer 25

an accepted set of rules laws and standards

Question 26

traditional legitimacy

Answer 26

a society's long-standing standards

Question 27

state

Answer 27

a legal concept that defines polity under a governance

Question 28

failed state

Answer 28

losing sovereignty

Question 29

quasi-state

Answer 29

lacking most domestic qualities of a function state

Question 30

strong state

Answer 30

capable of providing political goods

Question 31

weak state

Answer 31

not capable of providing political goods

Question 32

nation

Answer 32

people who stare certain characteristics

Question 33

corporatism

Answer 33

society shouldn't have competition

Question 34

liberal democracy

Answer 34

individuals are free and autonomous

Question 35

participatory democracy

Answer 35

encourages citizens to participate beyond voting

Question 36

social democracy

Answer 36

liberal democracy + greater provisions of social rights

Question 37

neofascism

Answer 37

a way of organizing society so that the government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people

Question 38

Regime

Answer 38

a set of formal and informal institutions that regulate the operation of a governement

Question 39

electoral authoritarian regime

Answer 39

some competition for power although the competition is flawed

Question 40

theocracy

Answer 40

ruled by religious authority

Question 41

civil rights

Answer 41

government guarantee of fair treatment by state

Question 42

political rights

Answer 42

rights associated with active political parcipitation

Question 43

social rights

Answer 43

rights related to the basic well being of society

Question 44

social contract

Answer 44

the people give up some power and the governmetn offers some protection

Question 45

technocratic legitimacy

Answer 45

decision-makers are chosen out of expertise and qualifications

Question 46

nationalistic

Answer 46

state creates the nation

Question 47

assimilation

Answer 47

the process in which a minority begins to resemble the majority

Question 48

autonomy

Answer 48

the right or condition of self-goverance

Question 49

ethnic group

Answer 49

socially defined based on language, religion, nation...

Question 50

Jus Sanguinis

Answer 50

cultural nationalism

Question 51

Jus soli

Answer 51

civic nationalism

Question 52

laicite

Answer 52

discouragement of religious affairs in government

Question 53

liberationist

Answer 53

principle or attitude of liberating people

Question 54

civic nationalism

Answer 54

political identity built around shared citizenship in a state

Question 55

cultural nationalism

Answer 55

nation defined on common culture

Question 56

political saliency

Answer 56

created, not innate

Question 57

race

Answer 57

based on common biological traits

Question 58

primordialism

Answer 58

identity is given and can be defined unambiguously