ENVS 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: British Movement, Enclosure, Precautionary Principle
2 May 2018
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ENVS 2000: EXAM REVIEW (FALL TERM)
Definitions (30%)
Environment: A space that is physical and social that contains interactions; natural
environment (nature); built environments (social, cultural, economic)
Politics: Individual and collective action that brings issues into the public sphere negotiating/
opposing claims (changing the world); personal has political dimensions
Subsistence: Production of just enough to survive (meet basic needs)
Surplus: The remaining products of production; production exceeds production
Capitalism: An economic system of production and commodity (for exchange on market); social
system accompanied by change in social structures (social division)
Colonialism: The policy/practice of direct rule (full-partial) over people by one party (foreign
state)
Imperialism: The economic dimensions of colonialism; brought changes to world by creating
basic infrastructure for trade; economic domination by a foreign power
Liberal Democracy: Larger political framework we operate in; larger movement that include
other parties; five main characteristics; (1) competitive multi-party electoral system, (2)
participation by citizens, (3) accountability of political leaders, (4) civil and political rights, (5)
democratic culture
Differeī
¶īe ī/w īPolitiīsī aī
¶d īPoliīyī: Politics is more big scale & policy is the discourse that
leads to politics; politics = rules/laws to guide decisions
The State: āEī
¶seī
µīle of iī
¶stitutioī
¶s that īlaiī
µ politiīal authority to ī
µake īiī
¶diī
¶g deīisioī
¶s &
implement them (by force If necessary) ā Max Weber; Government institutions, power and how
they work and use power against citizens
Bureaucracy: System of government where decisions are made by the state/government;
īPuīliī adī
µiī
¶istratioī
¶ī = īCiīil serīiīeī
Precautionary Principle:
The Market: Realm of economic exchange where people buy and sell goods and services
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Document Summary
Environment: a space that is physical and social that contains interactions; natural environment (nature); built environments (social, cultural, economic) Politics: individual and collective action that brings issues into the public sphere negotiating/ opposing claims (changing the world); personal has political dimensions. Subsistence: production of just enough to survive (meet basic needs) Surplus: the remaining products of production; production exceeds production. Capitalism: an economic system of production and commodity (for exchange on market); social system accompanied by change in social structures (social division) Colonialism: the policy/practice of direct rule (full-partial) over people by one party (foreign state) Imperialism: the economic dimensions of colonialism; brought changes to world by creating basic infrastructure for trade; economic domination by a foreign power. Liberal democracy: larger political framework we operate in; larger movement that include other parties; five main characteristics; (1) competitive multi-party electoral system, (2) participation by citizens, (3) accountability of political leaders, (4) civil and political rights, (5) democratic culture.
