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POLS 2200 (Comparative Politics)
Midterm Question and answers already
passed
government - correct answer ✔Entity exercising control, direction, regulation,
etc.


politics - correct answer ✔Collective process for dealing with conflict.


The process by which human communities make collective decisions.
Whether nations or international organizations, politics can be within different
scopes. Politics always involves elements of power.


social contract theory - correct answer ✔The belief that people are free and
equal by natural right, and that this in turn requires that all people give their
consent to be governed; espoused by John Locke and influential in the writing
of the declaration of independence. A voluntary agreement between the
government and the governed. Contract between the state and the citizen,
state protects citizen.


Heavily influenced the establishment of democratic governments such as that
in the United States. The social contract theory was very influential in the
writing of the American declaration of independence.


authoritarian regime - correct answer ✔A regime lacking democratic
characteristics. Government characterized by a concentration of political
power in the hands of one/ few rules, limited and unprotected civil liberties,
heavy reliance on internal security forces to maintain public order. Lack of
accountability.

, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba as a result of the Cuban revolution that
overthrew Fulgencio Batista from leadership. The revolutionary forces that
took power from Batista, and used repression to keep it, serve as an example
of a(n):,


totalitarian regime - correct answer ✔Nothing in your life isn't controlled.
Religion, media, education, entertainment, etc.


North Korea as last truly totalitarian regime as China has allowed more
economical and other freedoms.


anarchy - correct answer ✔Absence of any form of government or political
authority ; lawlessness ; disorder and confusion.


This led to the idea of the "Leviathan" where people were willing to give all
their rights and freedoms to a supreme leader or king who would bring some
sort of primitive law and organization.


charismatic legitimacy - correct answer ✔The right to rule based on personal
virtue, heroism, sanctity, or other extraordinary characteristics.


Mao Zedong is an example because he was initially trusted and believed by
the people for his charisma and ability to communicate.


rational/legal legitimacy - correct answer ✔The right of leaders who are
selected according to an accepted set of laws.


Example is leaders who come to power electorally or constitutionally.

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