Intro Concepts civil society command economies confederal vs unitary vs federal systems economic liberalization vs political liberals first past the post/plurality/winner take all head of govt vs head of state illiberal democracy traditional vs charismatic vs rational legal legitimacy linkage institution multi member district vs single member district nationalism patron client system procedural democracy social capital substantive democracy s upranational
Key British concepts 3 parties First past the post backbenchers Coalition government collective consensus collective responsibility devolution Euroskeptics gradualism insularity Keynesiasm loyal opposition noblesse oblige Oxbridge quango rational legal legitimacy shadow cabinet Tony Blair....3rd way UKIP unitary government welfare state
Key Russian concepts asymmetric federalism Chechnya decrees democratic centralism Duma equality of result Federation Council glasnost Gorbachev head of government, head of state Liberal Dems United Russia near abroad nomenklatura perestroika presidential parliamentary system Putin shock therapy Slavophile v Westerner state corporatism
Key Chinese Concepts autonomous regions collectivism Chinese Communist Party Confucianism Cultural Revolution democratic centralism Deng Xioping factions fang shou floating population guanxi hukou iron rice bowl mandate of heaven Mao/Maoism mass line one country, two systems parallel hierarchies Politburo/Standing Committee Special Economic Zones
Iran Assembly of Religious Experts bonyads Cultural Revolution fundamentalism Guardian Council head of state, head of govt Hidden Imam jurist's guardianship Khameni Khomenei Majles Mossadeq Qom parastatal rentier state Revolution of 1979 Reza Shah Supreme Leader White Revolution
Nigeria Boko Haram federal character Hausa-Fulani Igbo indirect rule informal economy Goodluck Jonathan national question NGOs parastatals prebendalism structure of govt Yoruba
Mexico Amerindians Calderon, Felipe Cardenas caudillos Chiapas rebellio corporatism Diaz, Porfirio Father Hidalgo Fox, Vicente mestizos Mexican Miracle NAFTA PEMEX PAN/ PRI PRD sexenio Zapatista