political institutions

political polarization

a trend in which the public becomes more partisan in its political views and partisans are divided more deeply along ideological lines

partisan antipathy

deep dislike towards one thing/people

ideological silo

a phenomenon that results from the tendency for people with people with highly partisan ideological positions to associate primarily or exclusively with others who share their political views

confirmation bias

a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

the nation state

coined by weber

a single people governed by a political authority

welfare state

weber

a government or country's system of providing for the financial and social wellbeing of its citizens, typically through government programs that provide funding or other resources to individuals who meet certain criteria

3 forms of legitimate authority (weber)

traditional, rational, and charismatic

traditional authority

power based on a belief in the sanctity of longstanding traditions and the legitimate right of rulers to exercise authority in accordance with those traditions

rational authority

the lawfulness of enacted rules and the legitimate right of leaders to exercise authority under such roles

charismatic authority

devotion inspired in followers by the personal qualities of a leader