The term for a vote called on a specific issue in which the state makes the final decision on a policy.
What is a referendum?
100
Which executive system holds a direct election of the chief executive.
What is a presidential system?
100
This type of division exists when divisions within a society cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous
What is a cross-cutting cleavage?
100
This term defines a state's claims to exercise authority and effective control of political decisions within a given territory?
What is sovereignty?
100
This term is used to describe states whose economic and political performance have become so weak that the state is no longer in control.
What is a failed state?
200
This policy has increased the average age in China.
What is the One-Child Policy?
200
This doctrine allows courts to overturn laws that violate a constitution.
What is judicial review?
200
This term designates official membership within a state by a member of the population.
What is citizenship?
200
This state is our best example of a state with a history of a long string of military dictatorships
What is Nigeria?
200
This term describes groups that pursues goals outside of government such as publicizing issues, lobbying, making demands on government, and providing direct services.
What are NGOs?
300
This type of policy deals with taxing and spending on government programs
What is fiscal policy?
300
This type of organization of the state allows for both regional territories and the people to have a say in the policy making process
What is a federal system?
300
This term refers to the aggregation of religious organizations, labor unions, women's groups, etc.
What is civil society?
300
This type of legitimacy was used in Ayatollah Khomeini's regime following the Iranian Revolution.
What is charismatic legitimacy?
300
This is a government-owned corporation that compensates for the lack of private economic development and ensures complete and equitable service to the whole country
What is a parastatal?
400
This type of policy includes the NHS in Britain
What is healthcare policy?
400
This system of government is the most efficient at passing legislation, but can also result in coalition governments or the "rule of the minority."
What is a parliamentary system?
400
What is the most common form of conventional participation in the political process.
What is voting in an election?
400
This linkage institution allows citizens to come together and form political agendas regardless of their political ideology or party leanings.
What is civil society?
400
This measures the inequality of wealth within a state.
What is the Gini coefficient?
500
This country has recently established regulations restricting the civil liberties of women?
What is Iran?
500
This process identifies and selects future political leaders.
What is elite recruitment?
500
This type of identity is based on language, religious background, or other aspects of culture. This type of identity also typically strives for a autonomous political territory of their own.
What is national identity?
500
This socialization institution is one of the most influential in developing a person's political ideology?
What is family?
500
This is a development strategy that stresses integration into global markets, privatization, etc. It is often demanded by the World Bank or IMF in order for countries to be able to recieve loans