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PLS 200
mid-term test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anarchy | Without rule Political idea that formal gov'ts are not required |
| aristocracy | Elite-authority Upper class rule the privileged |
| authoritarian | Political authority is possessed by a small and or specific group, and is not subject to constitutional rules nor competitive elections |
| autocracy | self authority those in power not subject to political support of other |
| Bolsheviks | Group in Russia Communist movement (under Lenin) who gained power in 1917 |
| bourgeoisie | the entrepreneurs, merchants, shop owners, property owners (who Marx believed exploited the workers |
| capitalism | Economic system emphasizing private property, profit, and competition in a market economy |
| communism | a political/economic theory advocating elimination of private property, with a transition to total govt ownership and the state ultimately "withered away" |
| Marxism | the communist therory with emphasis on the historical division of property and the need to est. a dicatorship of proletariat in order to transition to pure communism |
| Leninism | based upon first communist group to assume power in Russia in 1917. based of political control |
| Moaism | Variant of Communism developed by Moe in China emphasizing organizing peasants and guerrilla warfar |
| stalinism | Variant of Communism est by stalin 1928 with emphasis forced collectivization, terror and a personal dictorship |
| titoism | Variant of Communism developed by Tito in Yugoslavia with emphasized nationalism, non-alignment and worker self-management, but also retained one-party authoritarian political party |
| constitutionlism | political powers are est. distributed and specifically limited for both govt institutions and people |
| democracy | People authority Political legitimacy is based on regular and competitive election and those governing are subject to some form of constitutional limitations |
| fabians | British democratic socialist (late 19th/ 20th century) who advocated a gradual transition to social ism and rejected Marx's violent revolution |
| great society | a group of programs est. during Lyndon Johnson, designed to help the economic and social status of disadvantaged groups within american society. |
| Ideology | a policial doctrine on how a society should be governed |
| laissez faire | no interference hands off the economic market let the laws of supply and demand control the market |
| dictatorship of Proletariat | what marx called for to eliminate private property and capitalism, as an interim period in the transition to pure communism |
| Liberalism | political ideology emphasizing individualism, private property and limited gov't. "during the liberal movement" developed as a counter to mostly authoritarian gov't. has come to mean more gov't social economic programs |
| mercantilism | economic systems to try to increase wealth of nations by strict gov.t control of trade |
| New Deal | the economic programs developed by President Roosevelt 1933-1945 to revitalize the U.S. economy and provide opportunities for workers recovering from the Great Depression |
| plutocracy | wealth-authority |
| politburo | the apex of power in the communist party a group of 10 to 12 people who pick party chairmen and approve all major programs |
| Political legitimacy | when the society, nation or state believes those in charge and making the rules have the right to do so |
| political science | the study of gov't and politics, in theory and practice |
| politics | the authoritative allocation of goods, services and programs or "who get what, when and how |
| Adam Smith | Wrote wealth of nations 1776 Capitalist all for laizze-faire |
| John Mills | 1859 on Liberty I have the right to think, say and do what i want advocate of womens rights |
| karl marx | wrote communist manifesto 1847 called for a revolution |
| Fabians Society | Favored gradual change rather than revolutionary change.Democratic socialist |
| Relationship of Socialism with Democracy | Utopian (modern hippie communities)authoritarian communist manifesto naziUjamaa- fabian |
| a state | a patch of land sovereignty of govt |
| Truman Doctrine | President Truman asked for additional assistance to greece and turkey against the soviet union preventing communist takeover in the west |
| Marshall plan | a program by the U.S. for the rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of western Europe after WWll |
| James Madison | Contributor to the U.S Constitution, Father of the bill of right, and the 4th president |
| John Maynard keynes | Capitalist When you have a neg. you need the gov't input |
| John Locke | said life liberty and property. founder of liberal decomacy. advocated for ownership of enterprises give people rights 1690 |
| edmund Burke | thought manners were more important that lawLiberal don't destroy family & religion |
| Socialism | Gov't ownership/control of goodsredistrobution |
| Robert Owens | (Socialist) Private factory owner gave right to workers est. mills town |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist, union leader, founder the social democracy of america favored marxism |
| Tony Blair | prime Minister of UK 97-2007 |
| a Nation | group of people with common identities like race/religion/language |
| Jean Kirkpatrick's Lesser of evilsAuthoritarian vs. Totalitarian regimes | the U.S. often supports non-totalitarian authoruitarian regimes 1. Authoritarian regimes are more changeable more likely to become a democracy2. less repressive and tolerant of cultural choices3. supportive of U.S national interest |
| monarchies countries | Saudi Arabia, monaco, north Korea inheritance/family |
| Theocracy countries | Iran religious authority |
| Militocracy countries | Burma/MyanmarMilitary fighting skills |
| Revolutionary Individual | CubaCharisma/ Nationalism |
| Thoughts of authoritarian Regimes | less than 50 of the 190 countries are Authoritarian. Over 140 countries can be catigorized as Democratric |
| democracy | People Authority |
| Direct Democracy | People vote directly to approve / disapprove new programs/taxes |
| Republic | People elect representatives who create/reject new programs/taxes |
| Federalism | two levels both have law making and some enforcement powers |
| Confederalism | two levels but the lower level have the majority/sole law making powers |
| Unitiary | one level has all law making powerassociated with Authoritarian systems |
| what kind of democracies might this bePeoples Democracy of xyz | more often than not not a democracy |
| what kind of democracies might this beConstitutional Monarchy | most of these Monarchies (rule of one) are actually functioning parliamentary democracies |
| What kind of democracies might this beRepublic of abc | many of these self proclaimed republics are in fact authoritarian systems |
| What year did the berlin wall come down | 1989 |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese revolutionary, political and thoerist and communist leader of the people's republic of china self proclaimed disciple of marxism-Lenein rules 1943-1976 |
| what was the long march | 1934-1935 chinese communist party retreated a daring escape to a remote region to be safe against attack |
| the great leap foward | Mao Zedong's concept to move China from agriculture to industry. 1958-1960 |
| Red Guard | a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution. |
| Zhou Enlai | Zhou was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and subsequently in the development of the Chinese economy and restructuring of Chinese society. meet with Nixion 1973 |
| Deng Xiaoping | Deng became a reformer who led China towards a market economy. |
| Ho chi Minh | a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). helped to unit north/south vietnam |
| North koreaKim II-Sung | 1945 Com Gov't world's only "true Marxist" state & Marxist Monarchy |
| Cuba(castro) | In 1965 he became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. |
| Tito | President (1953–80) of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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