Chapter 8

Political Science 102 with Majstorovic at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues
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Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Loose federation of newly sovereign nations created after the collapse of the Soviet Union; it consisted of almost all the republics that previously had made up the USSR

Mikhail Gorbachev

General Secretary of the Communist Party (1985)-made a decision to reform Communism in order to save it

Planned Economy/Command Economy

All-important economic decisions were made at the uppermost level of the communist party

Nomenklatura

Former Soviet Communist Party's system of controlling all important administrative appointments, thereby ensuring the support and loyalty of those who managed day to day affairs

Prerestroika

Given to Mikhail Gorbachev's attempts to restructure the Soviet economy while not completely sacrificing its socialist character

Glasnost

"Openness"; refers to Mikhail Gorbachev's curtailment of censorship and encouragement of political discussion and dissent within the former Soviet Union--most extensive relaxation of media censorship in Soviet history

Democratization

Gorbachev's policy of encouraging democratic reforms within the former Soviet including increased electoral competition w/in the Communist party

KGB

Soviet secret police. Along w/army headed by a group of 8 Communist Traditionalists staged a failed coup

Boris Yeltsin

President of Russian Republic-ill suited to run a country going through the transition from totalitarian tyranny to liberal democracy

Vladimir Putin

Yeltsin's successor. No-nonsense political boss--immensely popular because of this

Single Factor attributing to Russia's Econ Growth

Steep rise in oil and natural gas prices on the world market post-9/11. World's largest oil producer, 2nd largest oil and natural gas exporter.

Kiev, Ukcraine

Ancient birthplace of Russia

Siloviki

Antidemocratic hard-liners from the old KGB, police, and army--Putin turned to them to run the country after change fails to take place

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist, shot dead in Moscow in what many believed to be a contract killing

Alexander Litvinenko

Poisoned in a London restaurant Nov. 2006. Former colonel in Russian secret service, critic of Putin

Duma

Lower house of federal assembly

Federal Assembly

Russia's natl legislature. Bicameral parliament established under the 1993 constitution comprising a lower chamber (Duma) and and upper chamber (Federation Council)

Mao Zedong

China's Communist leader

Nikita Khrushchev

Stalin's successor. Denounced crimes of Stalin and proclaimed the advent of peaceful coexistence w/the West

The Great Leap Forward (1958)

Represented Mao's declaration of independence from Soviet model of industrial development. Stressed decentralized industrial production, taking advantage of China's greatest natural resource: human labor

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966)

Spawned from Mao's utopian obsession, designed to smash the party-state bureaucracy.

Deng Xiaoping

Mao's successor. Campaigned to abandon ideological dogma and adopt pragmatism

Politburo

Small clique that formed the supreme decision making body in the former Soviet. Members often belonged to Secretariat and were ministers of key governmental depts.

Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao

Successors of Deng. Continued his pragmatic political and economic policies

Maoism

Radical peasant-based brand of Communism that glorified revolution as a form of moral purification (official ideology of China)

De-collectivization

Type of re-privitization of farming. State made contracts w/indiv. households to purchase specified products; farmers could also sell produce in private markets

Sovereign Wealth Funds

State owned investment fund made up of financial assets like stocks, bonds, precious metals, and property--invest globally. China has invested huge sums in the USA via its sovereign wealth fund

Democracy Wall

Wall located in the heart of Beijing on which public criticism of the regime was permitted to be displayed in 1978

Tiananmen Square Massacre

1989-unarmed civilian workers and students marched in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to demand democratic freedom and govt reforms. Army troops responded w/force, killing 1,500 demonstrators and wounding another 10,000

Asian Flu

Used to describe the widespread financial turmoil in Asian stock markets, financial institutions, and economies in 1997

Kim Dae Jung

First opposition candidate ever elected in S. Korea. Won Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for valiant efforts to improve relations between the two Koreas

Roh Moo Hyun

Jung's successor. Won 2002 presidential election but immediately faced a recalcitrant legislature controlled by opposition parties

Lee teng-hui

1988, became first native Taiwanese leader to assume the office of the presidency and became first popularly elected president in Taiwanese history

About this deck

By: Demitra Hahnfeld
Textbook:

Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues
Created: 2011-04-05
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