GOVT 130 quiz 1 section 2

State

The organization that maintains a monopoly over a territory

sovereignty

the ability to carry out actions and policies within a territory independently of external actors and internal rivals

regime

the fundamental rules and morns of politics

goverment

the leader ship that runs the state

consensus

inviduvuals band together to protect themslves ahd create common leadship chosen amount the people

coercion

indivdiuvals are brough together bya ruler who imposes authority anf monopolized power

legitimacy

a value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper

traditional legitimacy

the idea that someone or something is valid because it had alway been that way

charismatic legitimacy

based on the power of ideas or belifes

rationla legal legitimacy

based on a system of laws and procedures that are presumed to be neutral or rational

asymmetric federalism

power is divided unevenlt between regional bodies some regions are given greater power while others are given less

unitary states

political power is concentrated at the national level and local authority is limited

strong states

states who are able to fufill basic tasks, defend their territory, make and enforce rules and rights, collect taxes, and manage the economy ect

weak states

unable to execture tasks like collect taxes and defened their terriorty, rules are barely applied if at all, tax ecasion and other noncomplicant arw wide spread, rebel movemnts, etc,

ethnic identity

emphasizes a persons relationship to other memebrs of socitye

ascription

the assiging of a particular quality at birth

ethinic group

characterized by its onw set of insutuions that embodies norms and standards

national idenity

a set of insutuions that bind people together trhough common political aspirations

nationalism

a pride in ones people and belife that they have their own sovereign political destiny that is seprate from those of others

citizenship

an individuals or a groups relationship to the state tose hwo are citizens swear alleigence to that state and in retunr i sporivded wiht rights

patriosm

pride in ones state, and citizenship and wants ot promote it

nation state

a sovereign state encompassing one domiant nation that it claaims to embody and reprsent

ethinc conflict

a conslfict brtween ethinc groups that struggle to achive certin political or economic goals at each others expense

national conflict

one or more groups have as their sovereignty clashing wiht others on thr quest for political independence

political attitudes

describes views regarding the neceasrry pace and scope of change between freedom and equality

radical

belive in dramatic, often revolation change in exisitng political l, social or ecnomic order

liberals

favor evolutinary change that takes time

conservtaives

question whether any significant or profound change in exisitng institutions isn necessary

reactionaries

seeks to restores political, social, and economic insutuiosn to a previous state thet they view as better then the current one

political ideology

sets of political values held by individuals regarding the fundamental goals of politics

liberalism

places a high priority on individual political and economic freedom

liberal deomcracy

a system of politial social and economic liberties, supportted by competitions, participation, and contestation

communism

rejects the idea that personal freedom will ensure prosperity for the majority

social deomcracy

accepts strong role for private ownership and market forces while still maintaining an emphasis on economic equality

fascism

hostile to the idea of individual freedom and rejects the notion of equality, people should be filtered through superiority and inferiority 

Anarchism

private property leads to inequality but also believe the state is unable to solve the problem, only if the state is destroyed can freedom and equality be achieved 

Fundamentalism

Viewed as an ideology that seeks to unite religion with the state, or rather, to make faith the sovereign authority a kind of theocracy

Culture

comprises those basic institutions that help define a society 

Political culture

refers specifically to the basic norms for political activity in a society