CIVIL SOCIETY
This country utilizes the "Great Firewall" to censor media and ensure the Party occupies all info-spreading sectors.
What is China?
This is the dominant religious sect in Iran, making up 90-95% of the population and separating it from its Sunni neighbors.
What is Shia Islam?
This 1966-1976 event in China aimed to purge capitalism and "the 4 olds" while venerating Mao Zedong.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
In the UK's "fused" model, the Prime Minister is not just the head of government but also a member of this body.
What is Parliament (House of Commons)?
Under Mao, this "cradle-to-grave" social welfare system promised all Chinese citizens employment and healthcare.
What is the Iron Rice Bowl?
A 2012 law in this country requires NGOs receiving foreign funding to register as "Foreign Agents," a label carrying heavy social stigma.
What is Russia?
This ethnic group makes up 90% of China's population, while 55 other ethnicities are officially recognized.
Who are the Han Chinese?
In 2000, this PAN candidate won the presidency, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the PRI.
Who is Vincente Fox?
In Iran, this 12-member body acts as a "supreme check" by vetoing laws and vetting candidates for office.
What is the Guardian Council?
This term describes the paradox where countries with an abundance of natural resources (like oil in Nigeria or Iran) have less economic growth.
What is the Resource Curse?
This country's civil society is described as "vibrant" but weakened by deep-seated ethnic and religious social cleavages.
What is Nigeria?
Nigeria faces a severe religious cleavage between the North and South. Name the two dominant religions in those respective regions.
What are Islam (North) and Christianity (South)?
This 1978-1979 event saw the flight of the Shah and the approval of a theocratic republic via referendum.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
This Nigerian quota system requires the president to appoint ministers from each state to ensure ethnic representation.
What is the Federal Character System?
These Iranian parastatal organizations are supposedly charities for the poor but actually function as massive state-run monopolies.
What are Bonyads?
In Mexico, this legacy involved the government co-opting labor unions and peasant groups into the party apparatus during PRI rule.
What is Corporatism?
This region in Russia has seen violent independence movements led by a Muslim minority, resulting in devastating wars.
What is Chechnya?
This British policy in Northern Nigeria allowed existing political authorities to stay in power, leading to lasting regional differences.
What is Indirect Rule?
This term describes Russia’s system where different regions have different levels of autonomy (e.g., republics vs. oblasts).
What is Asymmetric Federalism?
This Russian economic policy in the 1990s involved rapid privatization and the lifting of price controls, leading to hyperinflation.
What is Shock Therapy?
These unique UK bodies bring together government officials and civil society experts to perform specific public functions like the Forestry Commission.
What are Quangos?
This 1994 uprising in Mexico highlighted the role of indigenous civil society and marginalized communities in the south.
What is the Zapatista Uprising?
Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to save the Soviet Union with these two reform policies meaning "restructuring" and "openness."
What are Perestroika and Glasnost?
While Mexico’s Supreme Court has this power, Russia’s judiciary has effectively lost it due to Putin's consolidation of power.
What is Judicial Review?
This is the name of Mexico's state-owned oil company, which provides roughly 20% of the country's tax revenue.
What is PEMEX?