Definitions
Definition of sovereignty.
What is the supreme authority within a territory that is not subject to external control?
The difference between a state and government.
What is the state is permanent; a government consists of current officeholders?
This ideology emphasizes individual liberty, free markets, and limited government intervention.
What is Liberalism?
This country has an official state church, with the monarch as its symbolic head.
What is the United Kingdom?
Without legitimacy, a country may face these issues.
What is instability and rebellion.
Definition of legitimacy.
What is the belief by citizens that a government has the right to rule?
All American states do not qualify for the term "state" in political science. Instead, they are this term:
What is a subnational unit of government?
This ideology prioritizes tradition, social stability, and respect for established institutions.
What is conservatism?
In this country, the constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but the government officially promotes atheism and tightly regulates religious practice.
What is China?
An example that would promote stability within a state.
What are economic success, long history of government, strong and inspiring leaders, national pride and unity, good government performance (security, services).
Definition of government.
What is the group of individuals currently holding political power in a state?
In a Parliamentary system, this branch of government holds most political power.
What is the legislature?
This ideology argues that the means of production should be collectively owned to reduce economic inequality.
What is Socialism?
In this country, religious leaders (clerics) hold significant political power through institutions like the Guardian Council.
What is Iran?
These are Max Weber's types of legitimacy.
What are traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal?
Definition of Regime.
What is the formal and informal rules and institutions that determine how power is exercised?
This is the defining feature of an Authoritarian regime.
What is a small group of political elites make decisions without meaningful input from the people?
A political and economic ideology aiming for a classless society with common ownership of the means of production (factories, resources) and no private property, where wealth is distributed based on need.
What is Communism?
These 2 countries are the only states to have officially recognized religions.
What are the United Kingdom and Iran?
This is the key problem with regimes that have charismatic legitimacy.
What is people follow because they believe in the leader, not the system/ They are unstable, and often disappear after the leader is gone.
The 4 characteristics of a state.
What is a political entity with a defined territory, permanent population, government, and sovereignty?
This is how corporatism and pluralism differ in the way interest groups influence government policy.
What is
Corporatism = fewer groups, more government coordination.
Pluralism = many groups, open competition for influence.
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This ideology rejects both liberal democracy and socialism, promotes extreme nationalism, and often centers power around a single leader.
What is Fascism?
Both of these states are known for being secular to fit within the legacy of communist logic.
What are China and Russia?
How do Irans sources of legitimacy reflect its regime type compared to the United Kingdom?
What is Iran derives legitimacy from clerical authority and the 1979 Revolution well UK draws unconstitutional order.