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UIUC Fall 2005

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National Interest   Countries generally pursue their own self-interest. Leaders objectives and goals help to determine the national interest and subsequent actions  
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Expansionism   Enlarge territory or influence  
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Status Quo   Preserve the ___ ___ power arrangement (e.g. Containment)  
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Accommodation   Preserve or promote peace, sometimes at the expense of power.  
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Traditional European System: Balance of Power   Equilibrium is maintained by parity (particularly of military power) among participating states.  
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Post WWII: Bi Polarity and a Global System   Emergence of U.S. and U.S.S.R. and increased military capabilities  
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Unipolarity   U.S. as the sole superpower – a.) Full range of power capabilities including military, economic, political b.) global reach c.) Willing to assert leadership  
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Global Economy   International cooperation and competition. Driven by multi-national corporations and information technology  
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Multinational corporations   Businesses with foreign subsidiaries which extend the production and marketing of the firm beyond the boundaries of any one country  
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Functions of Bureaucracy (4)   Provide Services, Regulate: Economic behavior, Social behavior, Licensing, Adjudicating Disputes  
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Structure of Bureaucracy (4)   Departments, Government Corporations, Independent Agencies, Regulatory Agencies  
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Law   Collection of rules laid down by the government binding all members of the state  
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Courts   Institution charged with interpreting the law and adjudicating.  
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Legal Systems   Organized sets of legal principles that form the basis of the law and adjudication in states.  
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“Common law”   Task is to find proper law, which may evolve over time: precedent  
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Continental European Code Law   Law is an instrument of the government rather than something that exists independently.: code  
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Criminal Law   Person disobeyed a law prescribing proper conduct. The state bring the case against the defendant.  
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Civil Law   Relations between people.  
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Constitutional Law:   Disputes about the nature of the political process, and whether laws are consistent with the constitution.  
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Interest Groups   Organized group of citizens, one of whose goals is to ensure that the state follows certain policies  
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Group Activities (6)   Control of Information and Expertise, Electoral Activity, Use of Economic Power, Public Information Campaigns, Violence and Disruption, Litigation  
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How Groups Vary Across States (4)   Degree of Organization, Degree of Direct Involvement in Government and Administration, Pluralism, Neocorporatism  
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Public Administration   The set of people who are not involved directly in the making of major political decisions but who construct and implement the policies that carry out these decisions.  
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Bureaucracy (4)   Meritocracy, Standardized procedures, Hierarchical structure, Shielded from regularly fluctuating political pressures  
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Protected Competence   Lacking profit as a measure of competence. Work may expand to fill the job. Bureaucrats tend to outlast elected officials.  
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Political Party   Group of officials who are linked with a sizable group of citizens into an organization; a chief object of this organization is to ensure that its officials attain or maintain power.  
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Int. Group Activities (6)   Control of Information and Expertise, Electoral Activity, Use of Economic Power, Public Information Campaigns, Violence,Litigation  
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