POLITICAL CULTURE
Influenced by Confucianism, this country's culture emphasizes social harmony and respect for authority over individual rights.
What is China?
This state-owned oil company, created in 1938, provides roughly 20% of Mexico's tax revenue, making it a vital but struggling part of the economy.
WHAT IS PEMEX?
This regional organization, consisting of 15 West African countries, has intervened to resolve violent conflicts in its member nations.
What is ECOWAS?
This is the dominant political party in Russia; no other party has held a majority in the modern era.
What is United Russia?
This Chinese leader transitioned the country from "Reds" (ideologues) to "Experts" (pragmatists) through his liberalization policies.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This Russian core value involves a preference for a strong, centralized state that can protect citizens from external threats and provide order.
What is Statism?
This term describes the mass emigration of educated middle-class professionals from countries like Iran and Russia due to economic or political instability.
What is Brain Drain?
Russia leadership views the eastward expansion of this military alliance as a major existential threat to its national security.
What is NATO?
Mexico uses this type of electoral system for its Chamber of Deputies, combining Single Member Districts with Proportional Representation.
What is a Mixed (SMD/PR) System?
This Russian opposition leader was harassed, arrested, and potentially murdered for acting as a major adversary to Vladimir Putin.
Who is Alexei Navalny?
This concept refers to the high level of belief among citizens that they can understand and influence the government, a key feature of their pluralistic society.
What is political efficacy?
These are special areas in China, established by Deng Xiaoping, that allowed for market-oriented policies and foreign investment to spark growth.
What are Special Economic Zones?
Over 80% of Mexico’s exports go to this country, making the Mexican economy highly vulnerable to its neighbor's economic shifts.
What is the United States?
In the UK, this "First Past the Post" system means candidates only need to win the most votes in their district, not a majority.
What is plurality?
In the UK, this revolution in the 1980s broke the "Collective Consensus" by cutting devolved power and attacking labor unions.
What is the Thatcher Revolution?
This country is described as having a "Dual Culture" with a sharp divide between a conservative theocratic state and a young, more secular, pro-Western urban population.
What is Iran?
In Iran, these "charitable" parastatal foundations control roughly 20% of the GDP and often monopolize major industries like construction and mining.
What are Bonyads?
This 1994 trade agreement between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada led to the Zapatista Uprising in southern Mexico due to fears of indigenous marginalization.
What is NAFTA?
The requirements of the Nigerian "Double Threshold" system for electing the President.
What is the requirement that a candidate wins a majority of votes AND at least 25% of the vote in 2/3rds of the states.
This 1919 movement in China rejected foreign interference and Confucianism in favor of modernization and science.
What is the May 4th Movement?
In Mexico, political participation is growing but is often hindered by concerns over these criminal organizations and government corruption.
What are drug cartels?
This Russian economic policy of the 1990s involved the rapid privatization of state-owned industries, resulting in hyperinflation and the rise of the oligarchs.
What is Shock Therapy?
This "One Country, Two Systems" policy refers to the relationship between mainland China and this former British colony returned in 1997.
What is Hong Kong?
This law in Mexico requires that 50% of Congressional candidates must be women to ensure gender representation.
What are Gender Quota Laws?
These rivalries in Russia involve the inner circle of security and military personnel who may clash over what happens after Putin leaves office.
What are Siloviki rivalries?