pol 101 test #2
Political Science 101 with Hammes at St. Cloud State University
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unicameral legislature (one camber)
political responsibility is cleary located in one body and that risk of duplication or stalement between parallel legislative bodies are eliminated
bicameral legislatures (two seperate chambers)
central government and regional government share power
head of state
performs the more ceremonial apsects of top leadership
head of government
responsible for more political aspects
dual executive
one actor the head of state while another actor the head of government
executive
all the people and organizationl machinery that are below the cheif executive
fused executive
here a single actor fulfills both the ceremonial roles associated with the head of state and the political functions associated with the head of government
bureaucracy
is a particular structure and set of processes through which the administration can operate
judiciary
the system of courts and personnel that determines wether the rules of the society have been transgreed and if so whether sanctions ought to be imposed on the trangressor
judical review
judicial structures have the power to interpret what the constitution and the laws mean including the right to reinterpret or even revoke the policy desicions of other political structures
presidential system
is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature
parliamentary system
ministers of the executive branch are drawn from the legislature and accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined.
vote of no confidence
in the hope of defeating or weakening a government
proportional representation
number of seats won is directly linked to the number of votes cast for each party
participary democracy
is government of the people and by the people
representative democracy
is when people elect other people to represent them in the political process
totalitarianism
the actions and decisons of the leader are not constrained while the citizens rights and freedom is limited
illiberal democracy
if a country is an electoral democracy but the citizens politcial rights are limited
unitary state
central government holds all the legitimate power
federal
constitutional division of powerand function between the central government and set of regional governments
confederal
states delegate some power to supernational central government but retain primary power
constitution
a set of statements describing the fundamental rules of the political system
cadre party
A political party that is dominated by an elite groups of activists
political economy
combination of poltics and economics
household
each factor of production is controlled by an owner who is in the language of economics
firm
attempts to acquire a combination of these productive resources in order to produce a good
gross domestic product
the total value of all final goods produced by all people within a states boundaries
gross national product
includes the production of all citizens of the state whether they are inside the state boundaries or not
mixed economy
attempt to combine strength of two ideal type economies while minimizing their short comings
coup
removal of leadership in power
capitalism
private economic actors are quite free from state constraints and the state engages in only limited efforts to shift resources amoung private actors
communism
the nation that the state must control societys land, labor, and capital to achieve equality for all citizens
socialism
complex battle between state involvement and private control of the economy also equal distribution of benefits to all citizens
corporatism
economic cooperation between an activist state and large organizations representing major economic actors
factors of production
land, labor, and capital
command economy
state assumes total control of almost all significant factors of productions
market economy
every actors had direct control over his or her own factors of production
(IGO's) intergovernmental organizations
are states not private groups to provide a forum of communication between states about political, social, or economic problems to enact internationsal laws and treaties
balance of power
when a rough equality in the power resources (political, economic, especially military) that is exercised by sets of competing states
hegemony
sustained domination of the international system
(NGO's) nongovernmental organizations
composed of nonstate actors who work actively on a particular area to provide information to promote public policy
(MNC's) multinational corporations
powerful firms that produce and sell a diversity of goods in many countires in in pursuit of private profit
(MAD's) mutaually assured destruction
a fear of technological breakthroughs by rivals and the inheret desire for superiority induce each state to expand its military capability to an extraordinary and excessisve magnitude
About this deck
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Created: 2011-04-05
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Created: 2011-04-05
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