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Chapter 6 - Exam 1 | PSCI - Comparative Politics, Quizzes of Comparative Law and Politics

Class: PSCI - Comparative Politics; Subject: Political Science; University: Lord Fairfax Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
Democracy
DEFINITION 1
A form of regime associated with "rule by the people: that
signifies rights and liberties for citizens, including political
rights to participate in elections and civil liberties such as
freedom of speech.
TERM 2
Political
Rights
DEFINITION 2
Rights of individuals to participate in political life, including
the right to political speech, the right to vote, and the right to
join political associations.
TERM 3
Civil
Rights
DEFINITION 3
Rights of individuals to participate in civic life, including
freedoms of assembly, speech, access to information, and
equal access to institution, among others.
TERM 4
Regime
DEFINITION 4
A form or type of governmental system, with an emphasis on
institutions and rules.
TERM 5
Democratic Regime
DEFINITION 5
A regime with predominantly democratic institutions,
including basic civil rights and regular, free elections.
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Democracy

A form of regime associated with "rule by the people: that signifies rights and liberties for citizens, including political rights to participate in elections and civil liberties such as freedom of speech. TERM 2

Political

Rights

DEFINITION 2 Rights of individuals to participate in political life, including the right to political speech, the right to vote, and the right to join political associations. TERM 3

Civil

Rights

DEFINITION 3 Rights of individuals to participate in civic life, including freedoms of assembly, speech, access to information, and equal access to institution, among others. TERM 4

Regime

DEFINITION 4 A form or type of governmental system, with an emphasis on institutions and rules. TERM 5

Democratic Regime

DEFINITION 5 A regime with predominantly democratic institutions, including basic civil rights and regular, free elections.

Procedural Definition of

Democracy

A of democracy, contrasted with a substantive definition, that emphasizes the minimal standards, procedures, or rules that a country should have in place to govern political life. TERM 7

Substantive Definition of

Democracy

DEFINITION 7 A conception of democracy, contrasted with a procedural definition, that views a polity's democratic status as dependent on the satisfaction of certain substantive ends, such as the extension of broad rights or the reduction of income inequality. TERM 8

Regime Change

DEFINITION 8 Any major change of regime type, including democratization, democratic breakdown, or certain types of authoritarian persistence in which one type of authoritarian regime gives way to another. TERM 9

Regime Type

DEFINITION 9 The form of a political regime, such as democratic versus authoritarian, as well as subtypes, such as personalistic dictatorships or totalitarian regimes. TERM 10

Democratization

DEFINITION 10 The process of a regime becoming more democratic, including both democratic transition and democratic consolidation.

Representative Democracy

A conception of democracy in which politicians and institutions are understood to represent the electorate, who nevertheless can constrain their behavior through periodic elections and other forms of participation. TERM 17

Multiparty Democracy

DEFINITION 17 A democracy in which at least two parties compete for power. TERM 18

Referendum

DEFINITION 18 A popular vote on a specific issue. TERM 19

Direct Democracy

DEFINITION 19 A conception of democracy that places great emphasis on direct citizen involvement in politics, especially involving plebiscites and/or citizen assemblies. TERM 20

Democratic Transition

DEFINITION 20 The process through which a nondemocratic regime becomes democratic.

Democratic Consolidation

The process through which, after a transition from authoritarianism, a polity strengthens its democracy. TERM 22

Modernization Theory

DEFINITION 22 A theory that traces democracy to broad social changes, especially economic development and the changes that accompany it.