Barrington Moore Jr. path to fascism

Strong state + strong aristocracy + weak middle class

Barrington Moore Jr. path to communist revolution

Strong State + strong aristocracy + weak middle class + large peasantry

Barrington Moore Jr. path to liberal democracy

Weaker state + weaker aristocracy + strong middle class

Class structure theory of democratization

Economic growth prompts democratization ONLY if it produces a middle class

Social and economic development theory of democratization

Seymour Martin Lipset – democracy is more common in industrialized countries because industrialization usually leads to middle class

Political culture theory of democratization

The cultural beliefs of a country are what lead to democracy.

Robert Dahl's two critical democratic values

Civilian control of the military and toleration of unpopular views

Taking an abstract construct and figuring out how to measure it with observable indicators

Four primary democracy measures

Democracy-dictatorship, polity, freedom house, and V-Dem

Four rules of democracy-dictatorship

Chief executive must be elected, legislature must be elected, there must be more than one party competing, and there must be alternations in power

three features of genuine electoral competiton

Ex ante uncertainty, ex post irreversibility, and repeatability

The outcome of the election must not be known before the election takes place

Ex post irreversibility

The winner of the election must actually take power

Continuous scale of five attributes from –10 to 10 (6+ is democracy)

Five attributes of the polity measure

Competitiveness of executive recruitment, openness of executive recruitment, executive constraints, regulation of political participation, and competitiveness of political participation.

Five core components of V-Dem

Freedom of expression, freedom of association, clean elections, percentage of population with suffrage, and elected officials

How is V-Dem different and contreversial

V-Dem surveys political scientists to assess the quality of democracy not just the presence of processes

Democratic backsliding

Counties that were democratic becoming less democratic over the last 10-15 years based on subjective data from V-Dem and Freedom House

Creating mental categories that capture the meaning of objects, events, or ideas.

How is conceptualization used in measuring democracy?

Creates the core characteristics that are used to frame the concept of democracy.

Four categories used to measure democracy measures

Conceptualization, reliability, validity, and replicability

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C. Politics Q1-Mid

C. Politics between quiz 1 and midterm

Question	Answer
Barrington Moore Jr. path to fascism	Strong state + strong aristocracy + weak middle class
Barrington Moore Jr. path to communist revolution	Strong State + strong aristocracy + weak middle class + large peasantry
Barrington Moore Jr. path to liberal democracy	Weaker state + weaker aristocracy + strong middle class
Barrington Moore Jr. - "No ______, no ______"	No bourgeoisie, no democracy
Class structure theory of democratization	Economic growth prompts democratization ONLY if it produces a middle class
Social and economic development theory of democratization	Seymour Martin Lipset – democracy is more common in industrialized countries because industrialization usually leads to middle class
Political culture theory of democratization	The cultural beliefs of a country are what lead to democracy.
Robert Dahl's two critical democratic values	Civilian control of the military and toleration of unpopular views
Operationalization	Taking an abstract construct and figuring out how to measure it with observable indicators
Four primary democracy measures	Democracy-dictatorship, polity, freedom house, and V-Dem
Four rules of democracy-dictatorship	Chief executive must be elected, legislature must be elected, there must be more than one party competing, and there must be alternations in power
three features of genuine electoral competiton	Ex ante uncertainty, ex post irreversibility, and repeatability
Ex ante uncertainty	The outcome of the election must not be known before the election takes place
Ex post irreversibility	The winner of the election must actually take power
Polity measure	Continuous scale of five attributes from –10 to 10 (6+ is democracy)
Five attributes of the polity measure	Competitiveness of executive recruitment, openness of executive recruitment, executive constraints, regulation of political participation, and competitiveness of political participation.
Freedom house measure	something
Five core components of V-Dem	Freedom of expression, freedom of association, clean elections, percentage of population with suffrage, and elected officials
How is V-Dem different and contreversial	V-Dem surveys political scientists to assess the quality of democracy not just the presence of processes
Democratic backsliding	Counties that were democratic becoming less democratic over the last 10-15 years based on subjective data from V-Dem and Freedom House
Conceptualization	Creating mental categories that capture the meaning of objects, events, or ideas.
How is conceptualization used in measuring democracy?	Creates the core characteristics that are used to frame the concept of democracy.
Four categories used to measure democracy measures	Conceptualization, reliability, validity, and replicability

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