Sovereignty Authority and Power
Ability of states to act independent of outside or inside interference
What is sovereignty?
Right to rule derived from sources like myths, legends, ancient dynasties, religion etc.
What is traditional legitimacy?
An economic system in which the means of production are intentionally directed to the common good
What is Socialism?
The rules a state sets and follows in exerting its power
What is a regime?
A change wherein the basic institutions of the state are overthrown
What is a Revolution?
A system wherein both national and local level governments have an independent sovereignty
What is a federation/federal system?
Right to rule derived from personal characteristics of leader/s
What is charismatic legitimacy?
Seeks a political structure that would limit the arbitrary power of government against the persons and property of individual citizens
What is Liberalism?
A system in which elites make all or most political decisions
What is an Authoritarian Regime?
A change in which the leading institution is overthrown by another institution of the state
What is a Coup d'Etat?
The defining characteristic of a state
What is the monopoly on force?
Right to rule derived from long-standing, universally accepted laws and procedures; the rule of law
What is Rational-Legal legitimacy?
Ultra-Nationalist ideology which seeks to unify and coordinate society towards the national good via a formalized system of economic corporatism
What is Fascism?
A system with a combined head of state and government and separation of powers
What is a Presidential system?
A state which allows free associations and independent media is said to have
An open civil society
Long-lived organizations that turn political ideas into policy
What are institutions?
Accepts legitimacy of regime and solutions to major problems
What is a consensual political culture?
Seeks to bring about via revolution the dictatorship of the proletariat in the person of the Communist Party governed by Democratic Centralism
What is Marxism-Leninism?
Representation by various social groups within official state functions
What is Corporatism?
A state in which some Democratic procedures are in place, but with unique features not substantively Liberal
What is a Procedural Democracy?
The appropriation of state resources for personal the personal benefit of officers of the state or the appropriation of national resources by foreign countries can be brought about by this
What are weak institutions?
Common law legal traditions derive much law from this
What is precedent/Stare Decisis?
A system of governance in which public policy is guided by scholars of Islamic law
What is the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist?
System in which there is a separate head of state and government but the head of state retains meaningful political power
What is a Semi-Presidential System?
Phenomenon in which improving economic conditions either domestically or in a neighboring state produce an assumption that these conditions will continue
What is a Revolution of Rising Expectations?