Concept Definitions
The definition of a state includes the following concepts: territory, government, population and...
regime
When a government loses the perception of legitimacy from the people what is its other recourse to remain in power called?
coercion
Which of the four main political attitudes is the overbearing trait of British politics throughout time?
Conservatism
The progressive loss of purchasing power of the Russian Ruble during the 1990s is an example of what economic concept in action?
inflation
He was the mastermind behind China's decision to integrate into the global market economy.
Deng Xiaoping
When the state intervenes, manipulates, or controls the organizations that would normally conform civil society it is called
Corporatism
When a country has rules that benefit some groups more than it does others it is said that it lacks
equality
What is the underlying political ideology behind British 'Austerity' policy?
Liberalism
Putin's inner circle of close collaborators and beneficiaries is called
The Siloviki
Regarding international trade China's dominant ideology is not Communism but
Mercantilism
A salient group of people within a country that have a shared particular set of interests that differ from the rest of the population is called
a cleavage
A government using a massive propaganda machinery to promote the real or imagined achievements and virtues of the leadership to gain popular support is seeking to use what type of legitimacy?
charismatic legitimacy
Before Tony Blair's reforms this institution was the only one capable of delaying approval of laws and performing limited judiciary review of incoming legislation.
House of Lords
Blaming Russia's dismal human rights record squarely on its legal and structural inadequacies is an example of what approach to explaining political violence
Institutional approach
The repeating trend of collapsing regimes and eventual rise of new ones in the Chinese territories once the population pressures had subsided was called what by the Chinese?
The Cycle of Heaven
Name one of the political ideologies that is most likely to produce an outcome of low freedom but high equality
Communism or Fascism
A united voice of authority, less bureaucracy, equal treatment to all citizens & regions, less administrative complexity, greater collective equality are all advantages of what type of government?
Centralized Government
The time period of economic stagnation and massive welfare state benefits in British history was called
The Collectivist Consensus
Which is the Russian institution that can perform judiciary review of new laws, must perform preliminary review of all international treaties, blocks legislation that contravenes the constitution, and casts the final vote that decides whether a rogue president is destituted?
The Constitutional Court
The Chinese government's use of 'Guanxi' as a tool to scale in the ladder of power and reward loyalty is an example of what concept that characterizes authoritarian regimes?
Clientelism
The belief that new arrivals in a country (be it immigrants, ideas, or products) weaken it by diluting the cultural purity of the land is called
Nativism
The current case of the Ukraine civil unrest is the outcome of what combo of autonomy and capacity?
Low autonomy & Low capacity
The British notion that those vested in power have a moral and ethical obligation to take care and not abuse those under their control is called
"Noblesse Oblige"
The rapid destruction of the Communist structures, privatization and sudden implementation of free market policies Russia implemented during the 1990s was called
Shock Therapy
This is by far the largest ethnic-cultural group in China and they dominate both politics and the economy.
The Han Chinese