Form of system which has a government that makes policies and puts them into practice
What is Political System
100
The process of making the classification system, based on politics and loaded with ethnocentric assumptions
What is generalization
100
The two different methods of Comparative Methodology
What is MSS (Most Similar System) and MDS (Most Different System)
100
The term to be referred as, domestic economic policies centered on taxation and government spending
What is fiscal policies
100
Describes a system of government based on coercion rather than political legitimacy
What is authoritarianism
200
Federal, state, and local organizations, institutions and offices; and the people who hold those offices
What is a Government
200
Rich, Western countries with long histories of political development; representative government and regularly scheduled competitive election; active civic culture; post-industrial, mixed economies
What is characteristics of First World Countries
200
The 3 main objectives to look for when you are applying Comparative Methodology
What is politics, economics, and cultural differences
200
Type of policy that affects growth and trade
What is monetary policies
200
Hierarchically structured organization changed with carrying out the policies determined by those with political authority
What is bureaucracy
300
The government operates within these two spheres
What is Domestic Environment and International Environment
300
The north-south dichotomy based on the fact that the richest nations tend to be north of the equator while the poorest nations are south of that line
What is the dividing line
300
Correlations and comparisons between countries that have similar governments
What is the MSS System
300
Trustworthiness (for trading) and economic growth are affected by these type of policies
What is regulatory policies
300
Legislative body with two bodies
What is bicameral
400
The international environment includes
What is federal, state, international organizations
400
Government power weak regimes are unstable and relatively short-lived; lack of basic public services; absence of rule of law; low level of political integration; problems of rapid population growth and environmental degradation
What is characteristics of Third World Countries
400
The correlations and comparisons in the policies of the chosen governments
What is the MDS System
400
Social ownership, planned economy, and communism are all not associated with this political/economic system
What is capitalism
400
Authority of the majority is limited by legal, written, and institutional means so that the rights of individuals and minorities are respected
What is constitutional democracy
500
The domestic environment includes
What is everything in the nation-state except the government
500
A term that was recently created to distinguish between desperately poor countries and those that are better off
What is the Fourth World
500
Both MSS and MDS are good at finding this when studying countries
What is cultural theories
500
Loans provided by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to countries that experience economic crises
What is structural adjustment
500
The degree to which a state can implement policies independent of the populace or the amount of sovereignty a nation-state can exercise in the global environment