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1
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Bureaucracy

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Helps executives carry out laws

2
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In England who are the individuals who are in charge of the bureaucracy also apart of?

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Parliament

3
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What other positions does the British Prime Minister hold?

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  • Minister of Justice

- position in HOC

4
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What do the career bureaucrats think of the British Prime Minister?

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They think the PM doesn’t know what they’re doing

5
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NGO

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Non-Governmental Organization

6
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What is an NGO?

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a group that provides services outside of the gov’t; an org. that wants to do something overseas

7
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Why aren’t NGOs popular in authoritarian regimes?

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The government loses power

8
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QUANGO

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Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization

9
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What is a QUANGO?

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An organization that provides direct services to the British people, but aren’t apart of the government

10
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Who has more power a QUANGO or the government?

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QUANGO

11
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Do people in British leadership positions have legitimacy?

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No

12
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Why don’t people in British leadership positions have legitimacy?

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The people don’t think they know what they’re doing

13
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How did people in British leadership positions get their jobs?

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Political connection

14
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Who has the top-level positions in British Bureaucracy?

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Whichever party has the majority in the HOC

15
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Which party is in control of the British Bureaucracy now?

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Conservative

16
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What happens to the minority party not in power in British Bureaucracy?

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Loyal opposition

17
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What did the Labour Party do as a result of being the minority in British Bureaucracy?

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Created their own cabinet and positions by creating the Shadow Cabinet

18
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What does the Shadow Cabinet do?

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Monitors, questions, and exposes the Cabinet

19
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In Russia what is the CPSU?

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The Communist Party of the Soviet Union

20
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What does the CPSU act as?

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The connection between the political party and government jobs

21
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Nomenklatura

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Highly structured, grooming into a career process

22
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What happened when there was no CPSU?

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Multiple parties emerged

23
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What happened to government positions after there was no CPSU?

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Government positions were handed out by who has the power (Oligarchs)

24
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Who has more power the Deputy PM or the Minister?

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Minister

25
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Who chooses the Deputy PM and the Minister?

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The President

26
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Who approves the Deputy PM and the Minister?

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The Duma

27
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Who is the PM to the Deputy PM and the Minister?

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Recommended and works for the PM

28
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Cadre

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A civil servant who holds a position in gov’t and a political (revolutionary) party

29
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What is the relationship between the CP and the CS (in China)?

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They intertwine

30
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What was 1949-Mid 1970s?

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The Era of Mao

31
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What happened during the Era of Mao?

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  • full on Communism
  • 0% unemployment
  • bureaucracy growing/ economy shrinking
32
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Why was the unemployment rate 0% (in China)?

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People worked for the government (bureaucracy)

33
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What happened when the Chinese bureaucracy was rapidly changing?

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The gov’t expenditures goes up

34
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Mid 1970s (China)

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Mao dies

35
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August 1980 (China)

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Deng announces plan of democratic reform

- shrink bureaucracy (top heavy)

36
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1982 (China)

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Reform began at National Level

37
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Mid 1980s (China)

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Revolutionary leaders were kicked out

- technocrats left had Deng’s reform vision

38
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What happened as a result of the technocrats left having the reform vision? (China)

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The economy started to expand faster than the bureaucracy

39
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1990s (China)

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Rapid growth (still today)

40
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In Iran what were bureaucrats also?

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Technocrats

41
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First half of 20th century (Iran)

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Bureaucracy weak

42
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1924, after Phalabi Dynasty (Iran)

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Bureaucracy is stronger

- more professional

43
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1950s/60s (Iran)

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The White Revolution

44
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What happened during the White Revolution?

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Secularization

- result: professionally trained bureaucracy

45
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1970s (Iran)

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Shah’s and the people’s relationship deteriorates

46
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1979 (Iran)

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Bureaucracy had legitimacy (efficient)

  • Shah was in other policies (removing Sharia)
  • First Ayatollah: Ruhollah Khomeini
  • New Constitution based on Islam
47
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1980-1988 (Iran)

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Iran/Iraq War

- rid of discontent (crackdown)

48
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1974 (Iran)

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Bureaucracy is a threat (executed, exiled)

49
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What happened as a result of 1974 (Iran)?

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Government didn’t know what to do

  • jobs based on connection
  • bureaucracy grows marginally
50
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1990s (Iran)

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Gov’t realized bureaucracy was a problem

  • bring back technocrats (subservient positions)
  • corruption in bureaucracy
51
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What happened as a result of corruption in the Iranian bureaucracy in the 1990s?

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Cut down size to make manageable

52
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What has been happening over the last 20 years in Iran?

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The had to sell state-owned countries to finance things (still broke)

53
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Patrino Cliento System

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Help somebody with their campaign to join group/party

54
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Who was in control of Mexico in the 1800s?

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Warlords

55
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What was the local warlords jobs? (Mexico)

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Provide benefits to the ppl

- in control of 10Ks of ppl

56
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Camarilla

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Offices that originally run by the warlords that gave benefits to the ppl

57
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What happened in the early 20th century (Mexico)?

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Mexican Revolution

58
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What happened as a result of the Camarilla modernizing (Mexico)?

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PRI would award benefits & gov’t jobs for ppl who support party

59
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Parastatal (Mexico)

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State-owned enterprise

  • another name for gov. corp. business that are gov’t owned
  • Gov’t makes $
60
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When was PEMEX created?

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1938

61
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Who was in power during the creation of PEMEX?

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Lazaro

62
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What did Lazaro do to oil during his presidency? (Mexico)

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Nationalized oil

63
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How is PEMEX doing today? (Mexico)

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Most of revenue goes to gov’t and makes most of the gov’t revenue
- less competitiveness = further behind in oil industry

64
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Pre-bendalism (Nigeria)

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When your group or clan takes control you can give out gov’t jobs

65
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Patrimonialism (Nigeria)

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The dictator (TD: President)

66
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What happened in 2006? (Nigeria)

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31/36 state governors were accused of corruption