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Killer Terms Killer Terms 2 The Difference Political Institutions
Political Institutions 2 Slide 5 T Killer Terms Slide 6 T More
Killer Terms Slide 7 T The Difference Slide 8 T Political
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Political Institutions More Political Institutions Slide 11 T
Political Efficacy Slide 12 T Political efficacy indicates a
citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that
they can understand and influence political affairs. Slide 13 T
Rational-legal Authority Slide 14 T Rational legal authority is
based neither on tradition nor on the force of a single
personality, but rather on a system of well- established laws and
procedures Slide 15 T Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces Slide 16 T
Centripetal: Forces that bind the people of the state; giving it
strength Centrifugal: oppose centripetal forces; they destabilize
Slide 17 T Linkage institutions Slide 18 T Groups that connect
government to its citizens, such as political parties, interest
groups, and print and electronic media Slide 19 T Democratic
Deficit Slide 20 T A democratic deficit occurs when ostensibly
democratic organizations or institutions in fact fall short of
fulfilling what are believed to be the principles of democracy
Slide 21 T Iron Triangle Slide 22 T Mutually beneficial
relationships between private interests, bureaucrats, and
legislators Sometimes called an integrated elite Slide 23 T
Pluralism Slide 24 T A political theory or system of power sharing
among a number of political parties Slide 25 T Parastatals Slide 26
T A government-owned corporation to compensate for the lack of
private economic development or to ensure complete and equitable
service to the whole country (can be anything from a national
airline or railroad to a postal system or manufacturing and
marketing operations Slide 27 T Post Materialist Values Slide 28 T
Beliefs in the importance of policy goals beyond ones immediate
self- interest, as well as ones prosperity and security Examples:
Environmentalism and cultural diversity Slide 29 T Bonyads Slide 30
T Quasi-private foundations and religious endowments that are
charged with aiding the poor by managing many state-owned
enterprises Slide 31 T Difference: Correlation and Causation Slide
32 T Correlation: An apparent association between variables
Causation: A correlation in which a change in one variable results
in a change in others Slide 33 T Difference: Code Law and Common
Law Slide 34 T Code Law no tradition of judicial review or
consistent application of the law. letter of the law is what
matters. great in theory. no interpretation of judgefollow the code
(the law) Most developing countries have this system Common Law one
application determines the next application of the law Precedence
Slide 35 T Difference: Coup d'tat and Revolution Slide 36 T Coup
d'tat: A forceful replacement of a regime or a government by a
small elite group or groups Revolution: A process by which a
political regime is overthrown and replaced because of a broad
popular support and participation in the process Slide 37 T
Difference: Coinciding and Cross-Cutting Cleavages Slide 38 T
Factors that separate groups within a society May be cultural,
historic, geographic, economic, ethnic, racial, etc. The wider and
deeper the cleavages, the less unified the society Cleavages which
coincide with one another can reinforce each other: Religion and
Ethnicity Cleavages that are cross-cutting weaken divisions between
groups: Race and Labor Slide 39 T Difference: Consensual &
Conflictual Political Culture Slide 40 T Consensual: accepts both
the legitimacy of the regime and the solutions to major problems
Conflictual: sharply divided, often on both legitimacy of the
regime and the solutions to the major problems. Slide 41 T Which of
the AP6 have strong patterns of patron- clientelism in their
political cultures Slide 42 T Russia, China, Mexico, Nigeria Slide
43 T Which of the AP6 directly elect both a president and
representatives to a legislative body? Slide 44 T Russia, Nigeria,
Iran, and Mexico Slide 45 T Which of the AP6 combines a plurality
(first-past-the-post) electoral system with proportional
representation? Slide 46 T Mexico (Russia stopped in 2007) Slide 47
T Which of the following countries bases its legal and justice
system on common law? UK, Russia, and China Slide 48 T UK Slide 49
T Which of the following countries formally divides its executive
into two positions: the head of government and the head of state?
UK, Russia, and China Slide 50 T Slide 51 T Which of the AP6 have a
president? Slide 52 T Russia, Mexico, China, Nigeria, Iran Slide 53
T Which of the AP6 have a federalist political system? Slide 54 T
Russia, Mexico, Nigeria Slide 55 T Which of the AP6 use a plurality
system only for electing representatives to the national
legislature? Slide 56 T UK, Iran, Nigeria Slide 57 T The legitimacy
of the most recent national elections has been seriously challenged
in which of the AP6? Slide 58 T Mexico, Iran, and Nigeria Slide 59
T Which of the AP6 have bicameral legislatures? Slide 60 T Mexico,
Russia, Nigeria, UK Slide 61 T Daily Double! Slide 62 T Which of
the following countries has a history of corporatism? UK Russia
China Mexico Slide 63 T United Kingdom & Mexico Slide 64 T
Final Jeopardy Slide 65 T Name the current Presidents and Prime
Ministers of all of the AP6. Answers must include title. Slide 66 T
Mexico: Felipe Caldern (President) UK: David Cameron (PM) Nigeria:
Goodluck Jonathan (President) Russia: Vladimir Putin (PM) &
Dmitry Medvedev (Pr) China: Hu Jintao (President) Iran: Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad (President) Slide 67 T
