Comparative Politics Theory
Hodge
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China
Russia
UK Politics
100

This model is also known as the Black Box Model of Politics

What is Easton's Demand-Support Model.

100
A type of government describing rule by religion
What is theocracy
100
Led a peasant army that won the Chinese civil war and kicked the Nationalists out to Taiwan
Who is Mao Zedong
100
This man could throw you off a roof and make you cry with his steely gaze. Also known as the President of Russia.
Who is Putin
100

The main source of sovereignty and political control in the British government.

What is the House of Commons

200
Formed by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the primary aspect of the world system
What is State Sovereignty
200
Principle establishing autonomy in the governance of Hong Kong
What is One Country, Two Systems
200
Famous Chinese leader who began economic reforms in 1979
Who is Deng Xiaopong
200
The name of Russia during the Cold War
What is the Soviet Union
200

A British declaration that would ultimately lead to violence and death in the Middle East

What is the Balfour Declaration

300

Argues that people's actions are the result of a cost-benefit analysis.

What is Rational Choice Theory

300
Prime Minister of Iran who was toppled by an American operation known as AJAX.
Who is Mossadegh
300
Conservative philosophy that guided China during the pre-communist era
What is Confucianism
300
This group was vilified as the cause of much of Russia's post Cold War economic problems
Who are the "oligarchs."
300
The constitution of Britain is....
What is unwritten
400

Argues that free will is a mirage and instead everyone is playing by underlying "rules of the game."

What is Structuralism

400

After WW2, the Indian foreign policy that refused to join major blocs or alliances

What is Nonalignment.

400

The strategy used by the Chinese government to maintain political stability and legitimacy.

What is Performance Legitimacy

400

During WW2, the Soviet Union (Modern day Russia) would use these to provide a buffer from Western military forces

What are spheres of influence

400

These movements would push against the power of the British empire, and eventually create numerous states throughout the world.

What is Independence Movements.

500

To explain a person's behavior, analysis should focus on the interpersonal relations that tie people together.

What is Culturalism

500
A cycle of politics that acquires political stability through fear and repression
What is Machiavelli cycle.
500
The personnel management system that allows party leaders to make major personnel decisions for all party and government positions.
What is nomenklatura
500
An economic reform that implemented fiscal and monetary discipline by cutting government spending
What is shock therapy.
500

The belief that newly independent states should be able to form their own governments, and was not supported by the British Government immediately after WW2.

What is Self Determination.

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