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Methods of Knowledge
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By looking at individual examples, a researcher can acquire rich detailed knowledge about a subject.
What is a case study.
100
Also known as a patron/client system, and involves the usage of patronage.
What is Clientelism.
100
A form of social organization where people are grouped in hierarchies.
What is caste system
100
A restructuring of the Soviet Union that attempted to reform their political system through the encouragement of greater independence.
What is Perestroika.
100
Strategy attempting to bring Russia into the Western financial system after the Cold War; failed dramatically.
What is Shock Therapy.
200
Quantitative method focusing on analyzing ties between nodes. Allows for inferences based upon the structure of a social group.
What is network analysis.
200
Occurs when a government seizes private property.
What is Nationalization.
200
Principle establishing autonomy in the governance of Hong Kong
What is One Country, Two Systems
200
A student protest encouraging greater democracy in China.
What is Tiananmen Square.
200
Russia has historically pursued these in order to maintain distance from Western Europe.
What are Spheres of Influence.
300
Every state has this; formalized by the Peace of Westphalia.
What is state sovereignty
300
In communist systems, a list of political appointments, filled through patronage.
What is Nomenklatura System.
300
British announcement declaring a homeland in Palestine
What is Balfour Declaration
300
What originally appears to be a blessing, can lead an economy to dependence and ruin.
What is Resource Curse.
300
This form of government is rule by a religious organization.
What is theocracy.
400
By focusing on the inputs and outputs of a government system, one can make inferences about the functioning of political systems.
What is David Easton's Model (Demand/Support).
400
Form of government where all power comes from a dominant leader / a merging of private and public sectors.
What is Patrimonialism.
400
A non-violent form of civil resistance used in India.
What is Satyagraha.
400
This branch of the Iranian government can stop legislation in the Majlis.
What is Council of Guardians.
400
Non-democratic regimes (Particularly China) frequently maintain stability through maintaining economic growth and shared prosperity.
What is Performance Legitimacy.
500
Political stability can be achieved either through social justice or fear/repression.
What is Democratic-Machiavelli Model
500
A technique used by developing nations to encourage local production through restrictions on foreign trade (tariffs/quotas/etc).
What is Import-Substitution Industrialization.
500
Belief that societies should be able to choose their own form of governance.
What is Self-Determination
500
Led to the removal of the Iranian Prime Minister by a relative of Theodore Roosevelt.
What is Operation Ajax.
500
During the cold war, a strategy of some states refusing to take sides in the Cold War.
What is nonalignment.