Course Concepts
Theories in CP
Institutions and regimes
Cases
Marine Life
100
In its ideal form, this concept is characterized by centralized and monopolized control on the use of force, bureaucratic organization, and the provision of public goods
What is the state?
100
In states with high inequality, the "demand" for democracy is _____ while the "supply" for democracy is _____
What is "high" and "low?"
100
A minimal/procedural definition of democracy requries this in order for a state to be classified as a democracy
What are repeated elections where people can lose
100
The courts in this country deliberated on whether posting memes comparing the President to Gollum from Lord of the Rings is legal
What is Turkey?
100
This animal is known to be the largest living clam in the world, weighing up to 550 lbs
What is the Giant Clam?
200
In contrast to democratic breakdown, this refers to threats to democracy that stem from constitutional processes over time, rather than abrupt changes in power
What is democratic backsliding?
200
Bellicist thoerists, including Charles Tilly, argue this is an important precursor to state formation
What is war? ("War makes the state")
200
This type of non-democracy is controlled by a group of elites, rather than by a single individual leader
What is Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism?
200
This state is frequently classified as a theocracy, with the Supreme Leader and the Guardian Council functioning as unelected religious leadership within the state.
What is Iran?
200
Many scientists believe salmon use this to navigate extremely far distances and return to their home stream to breed
What is the Earth's Magentic Field?
300
This is a form of social movement that involves sudden contentious action seeking to achieve dramatic social and/or political change
What are revolutions?
300
Modernization theory argues that economic wealth is causal for democracy, because as _____ grow, they demand more democratic institutions
What is the middle class?
300
Some scholars point to this as a key contributor to democratic backsliding, because individuals would rather sacrifice some of their own rights than see another party or group in power
What is polarization?
300
This country famously experienced widespread revolution after a fruit seller engaged in an act of self-immolation
What is Tunisia?
300
Unlike "True Seals," Sea Lions can be easily identified by these
What are external ear flaps?
400
Bermeo demonstates that while executive coups have been declining, these have been increasing in the era of democratic backsliding
What are promissory coups?
400
A key critique of this theory is that it fails to explain why conflict is not a constant in countries with high Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization
What is Primordialism?
400
Some argue revolutions against autocratic states can be difficult to predict because all individuals have different ____, which can create collective action problems
What are revolutionary thresholds?
400
Hong Kong's protest movement in 2019 emerged in reaction to this policy
What is the extradition bill?
400
These frequent visitors to the Puget Sound are believed to have the longest annual migration of all mammals
What are Gray Whales?
500
Some social scientists rely on this as an indicator of state capacity, where states with lower capacity have less smooth curves in their census data
What is 'age heaping?'
500
This helps explain why low income countries with low income inequality might not experience revolution, while a country with higher GDP per capita but also greater inequality might be more likely to see revolution
What is relative deprivation?
500
Individuals may have the right to vote in these regimes, but they fail to reach the threshold of a true democracy
What are hybrid/semi-authoritarian regimes? (See also illiberal democracy, delegative democracy, electoral authoritarianism, competitive authoritarianism)
500
The United States serves as a notable exception for this theory, which argues that religiosity and income are negatively associated
What is secularization theory?
500
Instead of having a gas-filled swim bladder to control buoyancy, this deep sea fish relies on large amounts of body fat to stay slightly less dense than ocean water
What is the blobfish?
