Review: Test – Comparative Politics
Definition of governments-
Welfare states and examples
Give examples of why governments are positive –
And which group supports the creation of governments to support the people? Who are the leaders of this movement?
Give examples of how government can “become the problem” and why many groups and individuals are skeptical of government’s positive role in society?
Which groups criticize the role and use of government in society? – and give a brief description of them.
What crime did Mobutu Sese Seko commit against his country?- explain.
Describe sovereignty- and how it can be distinguished between internal and external sovereignty.
Describe how a state is a political system- use a chart/ picture.
Give examples of direct and indirect socialization.
Distinguish characteristics between the developing and developed world. Do you think there should be a category in between equivalent to the “2nd world”?
Give examples of nation-states, vs. multi- national states (use the book for clear examples). Pg. 19 hard cover edition.
What are two ways to measure and compare economies of countries?
Give a detailed description of a democracy.
What is an authoritarian state? Compare it to a totalitarian state.
Compare an oligarchy to a dictatorship.
What are three ways that we compare political systems of countries?
Describe political socialization, political recruitment, and political communication and their purposes in the political system.
What is the difference between participants, subjects, and parochials and how can their existence define government systems?
Describe a consensual political cultural as opposed to a conflictual political culture. – are these under a competitive government system or authoritarian government system?
Definition of governments-
Welfare states and examples
Give examples of why governments are positive –
And which group supports the creation of governments to support the people? Who are the leaders of this movement?
Give examples of how government can “become the problem” and why many groups and individuals are skeptical of government’s positive role in society?
Which groups criticize the role and use of government in society? – and give a brief description of them.
What crime did Mobutu Sese Seko commit against his country?- explain.
Describe sovereignty- and how it can be distinguished between internal and external sovereignty.
Describe how a state is a political system- use a chart/ picture.
Give examples of direct and indirect socialization.
Distinguish characteristics between the developing and developed world. Do you think there should be a category in between equivalent to the “2nd world”?
Give examples of nation-states, vs. multi- national states (use the book for clear examples). Pg. 19 hard cover edition.
What are two ways to measure and compare economies of countries?
Give a detailed description of a democracy.
What is an authoritarian state? Compare it to a totalitarian state.
Compare an oligarchy to a dictatorship.
What are three ways that we compare political systems of countries?
Describe political socialization, political recruitment, and political communication and their purposes in the political system.
What is the difference between participants, subjects, and parochials and how can their existence define government systems?
Describe a consensual political cultural as opposed to a conflictual political culture. – are these under a competitive government system or authoritarian government system?