Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000211 EndHTML:0000008946 StartFragment:0000002404 EndFragment:0000008910 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/megancampbell/Documents/government%20comparative%20politics%20notes.doc GDP-gross domestic product-everything/Money $ produced within a country’s boundaries
-Think “domestic” like home
-Based off of tax forms, employment, etc.
-Consumer spending, investment made by industry, excess of exports over imports, government spending
-U.S. is at 14.5 GMP-gross national product-Money $ that the nationals are producing around the world-global yearly calculation.
-Nation’s performance
-GDP + goods and services + investments made by residents vs. oversees residents
-Used to compare what people per nation output (GDP)..better understanding of nations’ economies
PPP-purchasing power parity
-Comparison of how valuable the currency is per capita -How their money is valued in comparison to other countries around the world
-The value of the currency is taken into consideration when evaluating worth
-Countries like China, Egypt the PPP is larger than GNP because the value of their currency is smaller
Types of Governments Democracy-political system in which citizens enjoy a number of basic civil rights and in which their most important political leaders are elected in free and fair elections and accountable under a rule of law -Authoritarian state-when the citizens do not take part of the political system. -Could be a developing nation that might not have free and fair elections but also may not have the technology to do so.
-Best example is Somalia. Still trying to develop a system that works for their nation. Oligarchies-when there is an elite group (few people) who rule the nation. Decisions not usually based upon the needs of a nation. The citizens are not included. -South Africa in the 1990s. Where elite class of whites (minority) ruled the nation. Totalitarian State-the government constricts the rights and privacies of the citizens; very intrusive form of government. -Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union under Stalin
-Some people say that N. Korea is the closest example today
-Authoritarian. But authoritarian does not have to be a totalitarian state.
Why do we study comparative politics?
ARISTOTLE-first political scientist to go out and study other governments
-He used it to learn more about your own system by comparing yours with others.
-Liked the idea of plurality.
-Through c.p. we seek to describe the political systems, evaluate the political systems, and predict the future actions of their political system. We do this by comparing and contrasting them together.
*see page 39 in textbook for chart of political systems
-Inputs and Outputs, domestic cultures, economies, etc.
---Homework—read forward into section 2 and be familiar with terms
GDP-gross domestic product-everything/Money $ produced within a country’s boundaries
-Think “domestic” like home
-Based off of tax forms, employment, etc.
-Consumer spending, investment made by industry, excess of exports over imports, government spending
-U.S. is at 14.5
GMP-gross national product-Money $ that the nationals are producing around the world-global yearly calculation.
-Nation’s performance
-GDP + goods and services + investments made by residents vs. oversees residents
-Used to compare what people per nation output (GDP)..better understanding of nations’ economies
PPP-purchasing power parity
-Comparison of how valuable the currency is per capita
-How their money is valued in comparison to other countries around the world
-The value of the currency is taken into consideration when evaluating worth
-Countries like China, Egypt the PPP is larger than GNP because the value of their currency is smaller
Types of Governments
Democracy-political system in which citizens enjoy a number of basic civil rights and in which their most important political leaders are elected in free and fair elections and accountable under a rule of law
-Authoritarian state-when the citizens do not take part of the political system.
-Could be a developing nation that might not have free and fair elections but also may not have the technology to do so.
-Best example is Somalia. Still trying to develop a system that works for their nation.
Oligarchies-when there is an elite group (few people) who rule the nation. Decisions not usually based upon the needs of a nation. The citizens are not included.
-South Africa in the 1990s. Where elite class of whites (minority) ruled the nation.
Totalitarian State-the government constricts the rights and privacies of the citizens; very intrusive form of government.
-Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union under Stalin
-Some people say that N. Korea is the closest example today
-Authoritarian. But authoritarian does not have to be a totalitarian state.
Why do we study comparative politics?
ARISTOTLE-first political scientist to go out and study other governments
-He used it to learn more about your own system by comparing yours with others.
-Liked the idea of plurality.
-Through c.p. we seek to describe the political systems, evaluate the political systems, and predict the future actions of their political system. We do this by comparing and contrasting them together.
*see page 39 in textbook for chart of political systems
-Inputs and Outputs, domestic cultures, economies, etc.
---Homework—read forward into section 2 and be familiar with terms