Chapter 8: Non-democratic Regimes

Co-optation

Co-optation

________: the process by which individuals outside an organization are brought into a beneficial relationship with the state.

Populism

________: a political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation, but that emphasizes hostility toward elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the public.

Kleptocracy

________-"rule by theft, "where those in power seek only to drain the state of assets and resources.

Patrimonialism

________- an arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the rulers will.

Corporatism

________- a method of co- optation whereby authoritarian systems create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the interests of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state.

Totalitarianism

________: a nondemocratic regime that is highly centralized, possessing some form of strong ideology that seeks to transform and absorb fundamental aspects of state, society, and the economy, using a wide array of institutions.

Coercion

________: compelling individuals by threatening their lives or livelihoods.

Personality cult

________: the public is encouraged to obey the leader, based on his or her extraordinary qualities and compelling ideas.

Bureaucratic authoritarianism

________: a system in which the state bureaucracy and the military share a belief that a technocratic leadership, focused on rational, objective, and technical expertise, can solve the problems of the country without public participation.

Clientelism

________- a process whereby the state co- opts members of the public by providing specific benefits or favors to a single person or a small group in return for public support.

Nondemocratic regime

________- a political regime that is controlled by a small group of individuals who exercise power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public.

Illiberal regime

________- a regime where democratic institutions that rest upon the rule of law are weakly institutionalized and poorly respected.

Resource curse

theory of development in which the existence of natural resources in a given state is a barrier to modernization and democratization

Rent seeking

a process in which political leaders essentially use parts of the state to extract income for their supporters, giving them preferred access to public goods that would otherwise be distributed in a nonpolitical manner

Resource trap

theory of development in which the existence of natural resources in a given state is a barrier to modernization and democracy