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intb final exam review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain why there is a crisis in political representation | jobs outsourced as a result of globalization; the nation state pursuing wealth causing some to feel left out (donald trump supported tea party; hates obama; common people don't benefit) |
| 3 Emerging Identitities | legitimizing resistance-based identity project-based identity |
| LEGITIMIZING IDENTITY | constructed by state; each state govt. restructuring identiy of country (rance -new identity; changing labor laws; proactive in libya) |
| RESISTANCE-BASED IDENTITY | groups feeling left-out protest oto overthrow nation-state even by force; isolate themselves |
| PROJECT BASED IDENTITY | self identification pushes for change w/in political system (civil rights movement pushed for change within legal and political system; Feminist or Environmental Movement |
| CONFLICT RELIGION B/T ITS CONSEQUENCES IN THE MUSLIM WORLD | arab state runs counter to islam (UMA) ; islam is priority; if nation-state only considered important/ legitimate if it supports islam; religion makes nation-state contradict / difficult |
| EXPLAIN GROWING SEPERATION B/T STATE AND NATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES | there is a differenc b/t state and nation and religious values (eg. tea party believes they represent the national values; but, obama has taken country in different direction) ; nation being betrayed by state>results in an upsurge in support of extremist |
| TWITTER REVOLUTION TRAP | part of the Google Doctrine; empowers citizens making democracy more evident; its a trap b/c it is a wester illusion & hold on to some aspects of their own regime; CANNOT BRING ABOUT DEMOCRACY |
| WHAT IS THE GOOGLE DOCTRINE | belief that the internet/social media is a way to break down dictatorship.; cannot destroy; based from the end of the Cold War.. it powers citizens to have the courage to question dictatorship. it would waken the legitimizing of the Iran Gov. |
| HOW CAN DISPORAS PLAY KEY ROLE IN GLOBAL POLITICS | 1. positively...economically.. b/c they send a huge amount f money back to their homeland 2. negatively.. by re0enforcing and solidifying terror/criminals networks |
| HOW 2 THE RISE OF DIASPORA POLITICS POSSES A CHALLENGE TO TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO FOREIGN POLICYMAKER | positive: more money sent back to homeland to create mor ob and gives them less reason to move to US negative: it poses a challenge b/c its hard determine whether is pushes for peace or criminality. does it help foreign policy? |
| 4 POLITICAL ACTORS THAT SHAPE THE NEATURE AND OUTCOME OF DIASPORA MOBILIZATION | oppposition parties to homeland insertion groups / separatist movements homeland government counties of settlement |
| OPPOSITION PARTIES IN HOMELAND | libya is gaining international support |
| INSERTION GROUPS/ SEPARATIST MOVEMNETS | republic f texas believes texas should e separate from US |
| HOMELAND GOVERNMENT | encourage diasporas to sedn money back |
| COUNTRIES OF SETTLEMENT | immigrants who are pushed out can never return; support changing old country |
| WHAT IS THE DILEMMA FACING GLOBALIZED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | banks moving h.q. to other countries to avoid paying taxes; US blocks this b/c against policy to move away to avoid taxes.banks say they are in the business of profits |
| RICHEST COUNTRIES OVERSEAS /ASIA/MIDDLE EAST/ LATIN AMERICA | asia : hong kong, japan, south korea, singapore, taiwan middle east: kuwait, UAE, Isreal latin america: Chile |
| 2 ROLES THAT GEOGRAPHY PLAY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH | 1 - the temperate regions are more developed... than the tropics..(weak soils, risks of drought and disease) 2 - remote regions far away form the coasts and navigable rivers or mountainous states w/hi internal/international transport costs are less dev. |
| WHAT TYPE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS AER CONDUCIVE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WHAT TYPES ARENT? | conducive: capitalist society/capitalist system not conductive: colonial rule, collapsed society & socialist system |
| KEY DISTINCTION B/T PRE CAPITALIST AND CAPITALIST SOCIETIES | pre-capitalist: political authority is arbitrary, social norms support hieracrchal traditions, major markets dont exist capitalist: state bound by the rule of law, social mobility is high, and economic exchange thru market institutions |
| WHAT IS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE | ideas beget ideas. the rich get richer b/c existing ideas are the source of new ideas/innovations |
| WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE ON THE ROLE OF CULTURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH | it doesnt play a direct role in tersm of whether a country is rich it plays a secondary role |
| WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH | no evidence that religion plays a role in economic growth |
| WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE ON THE ROLE OF COLONIAL RULE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH | tit has no long term effects |
| EXPLAIN: GNP/CAPITA ECONOMIC GAINS AND LIFESTYLE GRAPH | the more money we make the better our lifestyle is b/c we are able to buy whatever we need to be happy |
| WHAT IS THE LABEL FOR "ECONOMIST' BRAINS FROM THE WORLD BANK: 2.39 A LBS" | world bank will give low interest formalize contracts, hire people on merit, implement independent judiciary |
| WHAT IS THE LABEL FOR THE "MONOCULTURAL FEMINISTS | they want to change the family life, gender relations, and reproductive practices. they want us to devalue the womb, which is associated win their minds with 'bad' things such as big families, domesticity , and a sexual division of labor |
| WHATS THE LABEL FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS BRAIN 15.00 A LBS | should have the priciest brains there are many ways to measure success and many ways to succeed so no one is valued over the other; all values have their strengths and weaknesses. no need to judge each other. many ways to view the world |
| 3 IMAGES OF THE NWO | THE WEST IS BEST AND WILL BECOME GLOBAL OTHERS WILL HAVE A PIECE OF THE ROCK LIBERAL OTTOMAN-STYLE EMPIRE |
| WHAT IS THE WEST IS BEST AND WILL BECOME GLOBAL | richest take upon wester values(interantional students pursuit) good society emerging and being sustained is highest in rich democracies with fairly large public health and welfare sectors |
| WHAT IS OTHERS WILL HAVE A PIECE OF THE ROCK AND HOLD ON THEIR DISTINCTIVE 2 | why not have the best of both worlds? ou can have a great job but come home and still hold on to your culture (speak your won language) .. hold on to own values.. but adopt western values are okeay |
| WHAT IS A LIBERAL OTTOMAN-STYLE EMPIRE WITH TWO CASTES | cosmopolitan liberals: after wealth acquired, could retire in another country; global mindset;love dealing with diversity non-local liberals:love the US & never return to own country;isolated in own towns |
| WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GOOD SOCIETY INDEX AND DEMOCRACY? | all three graphs are correlated. but good society index and deomcracy is stronger at top |
| WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GOOD SOCIETY INDEX AND CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX? | correlation are solid at bottom, middle, and the end |
| WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GOOD SOCIETY INDEX AND GNI PER CAPITA? | countries with low scores on good society index are also the poorest countries. correlation occurs at the bottom |
| KNOW THE FOUR WORKS | WEEK 12 KNOW SUMMARY FOR EACH LECTURE OUTLINE |
| WHAT EFFECT DOES ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, AND TIME PERIOD ON DEMOCRATIC REVERSAL? | -when a country's economy is not open, that country is more likely to reverse its democratization -when a country has week constraints one executive power, that country is likely to reverse its democratization |
| WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICITS THAT STILL REMAIN IN LATIN AMERICA? | weak political institution-judiciary system, high level of inequality in latin america, corruptions and criminal activity |
| WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A SURGE TO POLITICAL CENTER IN LATIN AMERICA? | no countries in latin american since 1996 has lower than a 4 one major evidence, there is a movement of citizens who are being more pragmatic in politics |
| WASNT THERE A SUPPOSED LEFT TURN IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE FIRST PART OF THE 21ST CENTURY? | yes, there was, countries like brazil and chile have been moving leftward. they are pro for free trade, they dont rely on the US, they are using their money to lower inequality and poverty. their trade partner is china. |
| WHAT IS TO BE CONCLUDED IN LATIN AMERICAS SURGE TO GREATER PRAGMATISM AND MODERATION? | citizens in L.A. are voting based on the leaders ability to be effective when they're in office. the citizens arent appealed to personalities - they just want their leaders to do what they say they'll do |
| TOP 3 RIGHTIST COUNTRIES BASED ON THE LEFT TO RIGHT SCALE 1996-2007 | costa rica, dominican republic, honduras |
| DEFINE: INFORMATION POLITICS: BE ABLE TO | when you move info to a certain contact to make an impact |
| DEFINE: SYMBOLIC POLITICS: BE ABLE TO | uses stories, images, symbols too |
| DEFINE: LEVERAGE POLITICS: BE ABLE TO | when NGO pulls together to help different powerful actors to promote the ability to call upon powerful actors to affect a situation where members of a network are unlikely to have infulence |
| DEFINE: ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICS: BE ABLE TO | if corporations say that their responsible, then they dont do it, NGO calls them out |
| THE ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT | LOOK AT THE NOTES |
| DEFINE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP? | profits are important but its not the end, its a means to allow people to solve and make social change. look at review more definitions |
| WHAT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN SOCIAL MISSION AND PROFIT IMPERATIVE? | the capitalist model is creating profits but is bad in terms of creating inequality in the long run |
| WHAT IS THE MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION? | there is concurrency - social values is the reason why its created - you start with social values and you end up with social values. you arent doing this for profit |
| what is the market of need share? | number of people served divided by the total number of people we need: Needshare = # of people / # of people in need |
| WHAT ARE THE MAIN FEATURES FOR LEVERAGED NON PROFIT VENTURES? | the non profit pull in other agencies to help them promote this goal. agencies that are related |
| WHAT ARE THE MAIN FEATURES FOR HYBRID NO-PROFIT VENTURES? | to make two different arms - one to make profits, then send that to the other to focus on charity work |
| WHAT ARE THE MAIN FEATURES FOR SOCIAL BUSINESS VENTURES? | there is profit involved, but the profit is to enable you to provide certain social needs - the line drawn isnt clear |
| THE CHANGING FACE OF HOUSTON | REFERENCE NOTES |
| EXPLAIN THE MAIN FEATURES OF HOUSTONS RESTRUCTURED ECONOMY | resource economy blue collar path very few jobs in todays economy |
| RESOURCE ECONOMY | houston was so favorabley positioned during the industrial era, has been replaced by a new hi - tech knowledge based, bully worldwide marketplace |
| BLUE COLLAR PATH | to financial security has now largely dieappeared. almost all the good-paying jobs today re-quire hihg levels of technical skills and educational credentials |
| FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT A COLLEGE EDUCATION | very few good jobs left 74% believe that highschool is not enough to get a good job |
| WHAT ARE HOUSTONS CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON THE AMERICAN ECONOMY | 1) Agree: there are enough jobs for all recipients who want to work 2)the best way to reduce crimes is to spend money on poverty and schools instead of building more prisons. 3) believe that own will be higher than parents |
| EXPLAIN THE HOUSTONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATION | % of anglos has slowly gone down % of hispanics and asians has risen % of black has remained stable |
| WHAT DID HOUSTON'S ASSIMILATION INDICATORS OF LATINO IMMIGRANTS SAY? | 2nd and 3rd generation hispanics are liberal once you are 2nd and 3rd generation hispanics do not want anymore immigrants, even if thats how their parents got there |
| HOUSTON'S ASSESSMENT OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY SAYS | 1) increasing diveresity will become a source of great strength (not a growing problem) for houston 2) the increasing ethnic diversity, due ot immigration, is a good thing 3) the increasing immigration strengthens American culture |
| HOW HAVE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES CRISES AFFECTED HOUSTON | houston suffered about 56k job losses, so therer are no job surpluses. the only sector that has job growth was the government. heavy job losses since the 80's |
| WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR HOUSTON'S ENERGY SECTOR | in 2008 it was cushioned, but it wont be able to do so in 9/11. houston energy sector will pick up later |
| WHAT ARE THE SEVERAL STEPS THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE TO CHANGE HOUSTON'S NEAR-TERM FORTUNES? | -the US recovery must become strong enough to spill over to the global economy -Renewed strength in the global economy must become mature enouigh to reverse the weakness in energy demand/price -as energy price recovers -oil and natural gas exploration |
| WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS WHY HOUSTON BELIEVES HOUSTON SHOULD BE ON THE GLOBAL CITIES INDEX 08 | houston is considered a global leader in the energy/transportation sectors, (medical/nano/it/aerospace tech) -was ranked #3 in the US for the number of fortune 500 HQ's -ranked #1 as the best US city to earn a living by forbes.com |
| IS HOUSOTN ON THE LIST OF 2010 GLOBAL CITIES INDEX | ranked #38 #40 population #17 GDP |
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