POL 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gross Domestic Product, Comparative Politics, Free Rider Problem
12 Sep 2016
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The diversity of states: new states (countries) formed when the spanish and portuguese empires in latin america broke up, after world war ii (independence of india and pakistan), the largest group of new countries is in sub- Vocab chapter 1 anarchism- concerned primarily with the threats that governments pose to social communities authoritarian/ autocratic- systems lack one or several defining features of democracy. In democracies, competitive elections give citizens the chance to shape the policymaking process through their selection of key policymakers. Military councils, hereditary families, dominant political parties, and the like choose the policymakers. democracy- 1. Popular sovereignty (all power ultimately derived from the people) 1. A political system in which citizens enjoy a number of basic civil and political rights and in which their most important political leaders are elected in free and fair elections and are accountable under a rule of law.
