Legitimacy & Sources of Authority

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Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People

A group formed by Ken Saro-Wiwa to challenge the government's use of oil revenues and neglect of environmental issues.

Legal authority

Authority based in laws, rules, and procedures, not in the heredity or personality of any individual leader.

Political consumerism

Boycotting

Rule of Law

Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern

Communism

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

Charismatic authority

authority based on an individual's outstanding traits, which attract followers

Non-associational group

based on common interests and identities of ethinicity, region, religion, occupation, or kinship

Cleavages

factors that separate groups

Traditional authority

legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice

Unconventional participation

relatively uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies established institutions and dominant norms

Collective action problem

the difficulty in organizing large groups because of the tendency of some individuals to freeload or slack off

Tienanmen Square

1989, protestors against the government, shot. Thousand killed others tortured

Political Participation

All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Nigerian poet and environmentalist trying to do things legally to make the oil companies environmentally aware

Channels of political access

The ways in which interest groups must be able to reach key policymakers.

Black Market

a market in which goods are sold illegally

Conservatism

a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

Socialism

a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

Free Market Capitalism

an economic and political system characterized by a free market for goods and services and private control of production and consumption

State capitalism

an economic and political system in which companies are privately owned but cooperate closely with the government

Mixed economy

an economic system that combines private and state enterprises

Liberalism

an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard

Reactionary

an extreme conservative

Political Culture

an overall set of values widely shared within a society

Village communities

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Direct Socialization

direct enforcing what is to be done, popular in tolitarian states

GONGOs

government organized non governmental organizations

Socialist market economy

gradual infusion of capitalism while still retaining state control

Modernization

making modern in appearance or behavior

NGO

non-governmental organization

Coinciding cleavages

A division that strengthens feelings of difference and discrepancy, weakening society.

Command economy

An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.

Libertarianism

An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life.

Cross cutting cleavages

Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.

Corporatism

a political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party

State controlled corporatism

a political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party

Fascism

a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

Anomic group

a single issue movement

Interest articualtion

citizens express their policy making needs to the government

Prebendalsim

client patron relationship causes feelings of entitlement from state

Social welfare capitalist system

economic activity is based on capitalist principles, but government policies establish social programs that provide significant welfare benefits and services

Bazaari merchants

economically powerful group in Iran

Mass media

forms of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people

Pluralist interest group systems

have several features involving both how interests are organized and how they participate in the political process

Mass mobilization campaign

intensive, large-scale disruption implemented by grass-roots leaders during the Maoist regime

Constitution

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

ejidatarios

people who received collective land grants in Mexico

Democracy movement

protests by Chinese students and others that culminated in the Tiananmen Square disaster of 1989 in Beijing

Civil society

society created when citizens are allowed to organize and express their views publicly as they engage in an open debate about public policy

Clientelism

the exchange of material resources for political support

Political Socialization

the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

Agents of Socialization

the social institutions, including families and schools, that help shape individuals' basic political beliefs and values

Political terror tactics

the use of fear in order to change political rules or destroy a system

Conventional participaiton

those activites of citizens that attempt to influence government, like voting

patron client relationships

top leaders (patrons) mobilize political support by providing resources to their followers (clients) in exchange for political loyalty.

Legitimacy

undisputed credibility

Kaduna Mafia

very powerful interest group of northerners that was highly influential in Babangida years

Indirect Socialization

when political views are inadvertently molded by our experiences


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