Forms of Government
This form of government's power emanates from a small, exclusive religious authority.
What is a Theocracy
With conservative economic and social perspectives, an individual would be considered to be on this side of the traditional political spectrum.
What is the "right"
This economic disaster was prompted by excessive risk taking by banks and the cascade failure of mortgage backed securities.
What is the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis.
This is the primary form of political expression in electoral politics.
What is voting.
The largest functioning democracy in the world (for now).
What is India.
These individuals capitalized on the privatization of different industries in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They continue to have a major role in both domestic and international affairs.
What are the Russian oligarchs.
Championed by the participants of the Russian Revolution, this ideology was born out of socialism and co-opted by several Russian figures over the next eight decades.
What is communism.
The colloquial term used to describe a politically unstable nation whose economy hinges on the exportation of a limited-resource product.
What is a banana republic.
What are the House of Commons and the Senate.
"The ends justify the means" is often attributed to this 15th century Florentine diplomat and political thinker.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli.
Tactical voting and populism are often cited criticism of this form of government.
What is a democracy.
In response to overwhelming monarchical control, this ideology emerged with foundational ideas like the consent of the governed and equality before the law.
What is classical liberalism.
This explosion of European colonization lasted for roughly 50 years and subsumed 90% of the continent into European empires.
What is the "Scramble for Africa" or Partition of Africa
The term used to describe the process of something taking on political qualities or becoming political in nature and/or its discourse.
What is politicization.
Described in his book Leviathan, this philosopher and political thinker envisioned human life as "brutish and short".
Who is Thomas Hobbes.
This organizational structure of government is highly centralized and used by many old European powers.
What is a Unitary State.
What is Capitalism.
The United States and the Soviet Union participated in these types of conflict in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan during the Col War.
What are proxy wars.
This word is used to describe cooperation between separate political parties.
What is bipartisanship.
This process is described as the transmission of idea, themes and values with the outcome of extending social relations.
What is cultural globalization.
Oligarchy is said to have originated in this Classical greek city-state.
What is Sparta.
This political ideology promotes the ownership of all modes of production, distribution and exchange by the community/state.
What is socialism.
This period in American history was defined by significant inroads made by black Americans in everything from business to politics. The period ended in the face of white suprematist mob violence enabled by federal legislation passed by president Rutherford B. Hayes.
What is The Reconstruction Era.
The broad term for the mechanisms that the state uses to do things like provide social services and collect taxes.
What is the government apparatus.
The specific body of an intergovernmental organization, that consists of 5 permanent member nations, and a rotating arrangement of five other nations.
What is the United Nations Security Council.