Political Science Final Exam Vocab

Political Science 102 with Berry at University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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By: Kyle Petty
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Political Science: An Introduction (11th Edition)
Created: 2010-12-03
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political economy

influence of politics and economy on each other; what government should do in the economy

public policy

what a government tries to do; the choices it makes among alternatives

business cycle

tendency of economy to alternate between growth and recession over several years

recession

period of economic decline; shrinking GDP

inflation

a general, overall rise of prices

Federal Reserve Board

"the Fed"; U.S. central bank that can raise or lower interest rates

balance of payments

value of what country exports compared to what it imports

fixed exchange rate

dollar buys set amounts of foreign currencies

floating exchange rate

dollar buys varying amounts of foreign currencies depending on market for them

stagflation

combination of slow growth plus inflation in the U.S. economy in the 1970s

deficit

spending more in a given year than you take in

euro

currency of the EU since 2002

debt

the sum total of deficits over many years

bubble

market that has gone too high

entitlement

U.S. federal expenditure mandated by law, such as Social Security and Medicare

welfare dependency

stuck on welfare with no incentive to get off

outsourcing

U.S. firms producing overseas

bull market

market that keeps rising

baby boom

big generation of Americans born from 1946 to 1965

workfare

programs limiting the duration of welfare payments and requiring recipients to work or get job training

system breakdown

major political malfunction or instability

coup

from the French coup d'etat, hit at the state, extralegal takeover of government, usually by military

primordial

groups people are born into, such as religions and tribes

terrorism

political use of violence to weaken a hated authority

jihadi

from jihad (holy war); Muslim holy warrior

praetorianism

from the Praetorian Guard in ancient Rome; tendency of military takeovers

thinkpiece

essay based on logic rather than on firm evidence

analogy

taking one thing as the model for another

dysanalogy

showing that one thing is a poor model for another

relative deprivation

feeling of some groups that they are missing out on economic growth

intellectuals

educated people who think deeply about things

revolution

sudden replacement of an old system by a new one

utopia

an imagined and idealized perfect system

thermidor

summer month of French revolutionary calendar that marked the end of revolutionary extremism

shah

Persian for king

ayatollah

top cleric for Shia Islam

domestic policies

interactions within states

international relations

interactions among states

Cold War

armed tension and mistrust between U.S. and Soviet camps; 1946-1989

national interest

what's good for the nation as a whole in world affairs

micro theories

focus on individuals

macro theories

focus on nations and history

balance of power

system in which major nations form and reform alliances to protect themselves

weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

nuclear, chemical, and bacteriological weapons

collective security

an agreement among all nations to automatically counter an aggressor

functionalism

theory that cooperation in specialized areas well encourage overall cooperation among nations

third party

a nation not involved in a dispute helping to settle it

treaty

a contract between nations

peacekeeping

outside military forces stabilizing a cease-fire agreement

UNPROFOR

UN protective force; ineffective peacekeeping effort in Bosnia in early 1990s

IFOR

Implementation Force; effected NATO-sponsored peacekeeping effort in Bosnia following 1995 Dayton Accords

rules of engagement

specify when peacekeeping forces can not shoot back

supranational

a governing body above individual nations (such as the UN)

bipolar

system of two large, hostile blocs, each led by a superpower, as in the Cold War

multipolar

system divided among several power centers

tariff

tax on an import

quota

numerical limit on an import

protectionism

policy of keeping out of foreign goods to protect domestic producers

globalization

free flow of commerce across borders, making the world one big market

foreign policy

interface of domestic and world politics; in Lippmann's phrase "the shield of the Republic."

interventionism

policy of using military forces overseas

isolationism

U.S. tendency to minimize importance of outside world

unilateralism

doing things our way against the wishes of allies

noninterventionism

policy of not sending troops abroad

About this deck

By: Kyle Petty
Textbook:

Political Science: An Introduction (11th Edition)
Created: 2010-12-03
Size: 64 flashcards
Views: 204

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