State-society relations
Basic form of a state's government.
What is a regime?
This regime's SSI consists of the royal family and other elites such as nobility and military officers.
This is the first problem with authoritarian rule identified by Prof. Jupille.
Democracy as Samuels elaborates it, with the critical underpinnings of human rights and the rule of law.
What is a liberal democracy?
A group of officers running a country.
What is a junta?
The group or groups in society that critically support and underpin a non-democratic regime.
What is the SSI (selectorate social identity)?
This regime's SSI consists of high religious authorities.
What is a theocracy?
This is the second problem with authoritarian rule identified by Prof. Jupille.
What is control over the masses?
A political mechanism that offers citizens regular and realistic opportunities to remove rulers from office through peaceful, legal means.
What is accountability?
The simplest example of a public good.
What is clean air?
A regime in which the government attempts to shape its citizens' interests and identities.
What is a totalitarian regime?
This regime's SSI consists of the highest-ranking military officers.
What is a military regime?
One of a class of dilemmas or games which incentivize free-riding, with the players seeking to enjoy the benefits of some collective action without paying the costs.
This should be institutionalized, unforced, and have universal suffrage.
What is participation?
This term means "the most," not necessarily a majority.
What is plurality?
A regime that uses coercion to limit political pluralism.
This regime's SSI consists of the party's highest-level members.
An aspect of a public good wherein anyone's consumption doesn't leave less for others.
What is nonrival?
The number of competitors for power must be greater than one; there must be at least one alternative group of potential rulers willing to replace the incumbents.
What is contestation?
Number of reps chosen in a district.
What is district magnitude (M)?
North Korea under the control of the Kims is an example of this type of regime.
What is a personalist regime?
This regime's SSI consists of a small social, economic, or political elite.
What is an oligarchy?
An aspect of a public good wherein once the good is provided, no one can be prevented from enjoying it.
What is non excludable?
The executive and legislative branches come to office independently of each other; legislative and executive elections are separate.
What is separation of origin?
A close alignment between the share of public votes a party receives and the share of parliamentary seats it wins.
What is proportional representation?