w9 political regime

regime

set of formal/inform rules/norms/institutions that determine how the gov’t is organized and make decision

what are the 2 types of regime

democracies + nondemocracies

nondemocracy regime

authoritarianism, dictatorship, autocracy

democracy regime

gov’t gets authority from ppl who have power to influence decision

what are the 2 types of democracy

substantive and procedural

substantive democracy

real democracy of rights and election

procedural democracy

democracy on paper

liberal democracy

political rights + civil rights

direct democracy

citizen vote directly

deliberative democracy

citizen engage in discussion and reasoning

monarchy

king or queen has power, serve as a figure head

dominant party

1 political party exists for a long time

personalist

power from one leader

military

military institution takes control

flattery inflation in personalist regime

ppl excessively absurdly showing loyalty/praise by even humiliating themselves out of fear, comp,

competitive authoritarianism

appears like democracy but functions as authoritarianism

democracy vs autocracy

democracy is generally wealthier, longer life expectancy, less violent while autocracy is the opposite

democratization

moving towards more democracy

democratic backsliding

erosional of democratic institution

gov’t

set of ppl who have authority to act on behalf of state enforcing policies and exercise power