Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism
This global organization measures the extent of freedom and democracy in a given country through scores on political rights and civil liberties.
What is Freedom House?
This man is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Who is Sir Keir Starmer?
The "scramble" to colonize this continent demonstrates the impact of development.
This is traditionally the first socializing agent that effects someone's view of politics?
What is family?
Respect for submission to authority and a belief in simple answers characterize this, first written about by Adorno et al. in this book.
What is The Authoritarian Personality?
This term, found in a parliamentary system, allows the legislature to be dissolved and special elections to be held.
What is Vote of No Confidence"
These objectives from the United Nations include gender equality, zero hunger, and quality education.
What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
This historical conception of citizenship focuses on assimilating oneself into the country that they emigrate to while downplaying past traditions.
What is the melting pot?
Samuel Huntington defined these successive periods of democratic growth and decline throughout American and world history.
What are "waves" of democratization?
This mode of election roughly equates voter support to seats gained by a political party in a national legislature
What is proportional representation?
Robert Putnam wrote this book about the decline of social capital and that Americans are now disengaged from being involved politically and socially.
What is Bowling Alone?
These type of effects include the Watergate scandal and 9/11.
What are period effects?
This authoritarian leader took over power in Cuba in 1959 and supported revolutions in Africa while promoting literacy and health care at home.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Originating in France, this institutional structure includes both a president and primer minister as political leaders.
What is Semi-Presidentialism?
High in human agency, this aspect of development allows leaders to choose policies through diverse networks of supporters.
What is leadership?
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This term, French for "stroke of the state," occurs when the military takes power within a country and begins to rules it.
What is a coup d'etat?
This type of judicial review in practiced in Europe with constitutional courts ruling on legislation before it has been passed.
What is Abstract Review?
These types of institutions include the FED and are designed to prevent inflation and other negative economic conditions.
What are Market-Stabilizing Institutions?
This term translates to "the law of the bloodline" and is important to understanding birthright citizenship.
What is jus sanguinis?