1. INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
INTRO TO COMPARATIVE
UNIT I
SOVREIGNTY, AUTHORITY, & POWER
INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

2. GLOBALIZATION
Intensification of worldwide interconnectedness (interdependence) of economies, political systems, and societies on a GLOBAL scale
Associated with speed and magnitude of cross-border flows of trade, investment and finance, processes of migration, cultural diffusion, and communication
Economic, political, social

3. II. Sovereignty, Authority, Power
SOVEREIGNTY: The ability to carry out actions independent of internal or external actors
Rests with those who have ultimate right to make political decisions

4. II. Sovereignty, Authority, Power
Government is the leadership or the elite in charge of running the state.
Organizations of individuals who have the power to make binding decisions
Operators of politics
Weakly institutionalized – not seen as irreplaceable
THINK: Government are the people, politics is the process by which they make decisions.

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Governments may be democratically elected or it may be ruled by dictators.
However they are structured, each government holds its own ideas about freedom and equality and uses the state to realize these ideas.
Governments are less institutionalized than states or regimes because they may come and go, whereas, states and regimes tend to have more staying power.

6. II. Sovereignty, Authority, Power
A State is a political system that has sovereignty over a population in a particular territory, based on the recognized right to self-determination. It is one of the most basic units of study in comparative politics.

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Regimes are the fundamental rules and norms of politics.
Stems from regimen – guidance, rules
Regimes can be institutions and/or individuals.
Examples of changes in regimes:
French Revolution overthrowing the monarchy

8. INSTITUTIONS Executive, legislative, judiciary, and bureaucracy
Organizations that are self-perpetuating and are intrinsically valued

9. POLITICS
The struggle in any group for power that will give a person or people the ability to make decisions for the larger group

10. REVOLUTION Uprising of the MASSES
Usually followed by fundamental change

11. COUP D’ETAT Conducted by MILITARY forces Few individuals
Often leads to military rule

12. LEGITIMACY Acceptance of the government’s right to rule
The popular and voluntary acceptance of an authority
Usually a blend of three types of legitimacy

13. TRADITIONAL LEGITIMACY
The way its always been
Rooted in tradition, historical myths and legends

14. CHARISMATIC LEGITIMACY
Legitimacy based on the power of ideas and the ability to sell those ideas

15. RATIONAL-LEGAL LEGITIMACY
Legitimacy based on the rule of law

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Nation: Refers to a reasonably large group of people with a common culture that occupy a particular territory
Bound by unity arising from shared beliefs and customs (religion, language, values, institutions)

17. NATIONALISM
Pride in one’s people and the belief that they have a unique political destiny

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Some NATIONS do not have STATES
Can you provide an example?
Nation-state: territory of a state is occupied by only one distinct nation or people
Japan, Poland, Denmark