POL 161 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Theocracy, Modernization Theory, Liberal Democracy
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Differences in society, economy, politics: ethnic heterogeneity [# of ethnic groups & degree of integration or polarization, struggle for resources, relative capacity or autonomy of the state and degree/form of regime. Anarchism: political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a way to achieve both freedom and equality for all. Citizenship: individuals relationship to the state, wherein citizens swear allegiance to that state and the state in return is obligated to provide rights to those citizens. Communism: political-economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, ultimately need for political institutions such as the state: Conservatives: political attitude that is skeptical of change supports current order. Ethnic con ict: con ict in which different ethnic groups struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other"s expense. Ethnic identity/ethnicity: speci c attributes and societal institutions that make one group of people culturally different from others.
