Comparative Political Institutions Test 3
Emulation - ANSSetting yourself on fire
Tunisia - ANSWhere did the Arab Spring start?
Social Movement - ANSreform of system/non revolutions
Revolution - ANS-overthrow structural transformation
-a form of collective action in which some large-scale, structural change is either attempted or
accomplished
Contention - ANSwhen conflict between parties or between parties and the state can't be solved
through formal channels (e.g. elections), the pursuit of collective goods largely outside of formal
institutions, occurs
Types of Contention - ANS-revolutions
-social movements
-everyday resistance
-insurgencies or civil wars
-terrorism
Social Movements - ANS-protests; widespread;social
-much autonomy (i.e. civil society strength)
-ample material resources
-strong social networks
-good mechanisms of communication
-Ex: Civil Rights Movement
Everyday Resistance - ANS-strike; economic; slow down producing less each day
,-little autonomy
-few material resources
-no social networks
-no mechanisms of communication
Ex: Slowdowns
Key Factors - ANS-objectives
-tactics
Objectives - ANS-revolutionary
-non-revolutionary
Tactics - ANS-non-violent
-violent
Non-Violent Tactics - ANS-social movements
-everyday resistance
Violent Tactics - ANS-terrorism
-insurgencies or civil wars
Revolutions - ANS-aim to achieve/actually achieve dramatic change of political, social, and economic
structures
-varieties
-political
-social
-relatively sudden attempts to radically transform social, political, and/or economic relationships
,Non-Revolutions - ANSthe pursuit of collective goods largely outside or formal political institutions that
don't have the aim to dramatically change political and/or social structures but do seek political and/or
social change (i.e. more humble goods)
Types of Revolutions - ANS-social
-political
-other
-third world
Social Revolutions - ANS-class structure aim
-e.g. Frunch, Russia, Chinese Revolutions
Political Revolutions - ANS-political institutions
-E.g. American Revolution, Arab Springs
Other Revolutions - ANS-Anti-colonial revolutions
-Aim=independence
Third World Revolutions - ANS-Aim=resistance to powerful states in international system
-developed by John Foran holding that revolutions in the developing world have special characteristics
-all revolutions involve elite and subaltern actors, but some are more and some less elite
Other Political Institutions - ANS-New domestic political institutions, but not entire structures
-E.g. coup d'etat(regime change)
Insurgencies and Civil Wars - ANS-more-formalized violence
-target is state or other group
-Objective: revolutionary or not
, Terrorism - ANS-less-formalized violence
-target its citizenry so as to influence the state
-perpetrator, target, goals
-must take into account:
1. who or what is perpetrating violence
2. who or what is the target of the violence
3. the goals, purposes, or consequences of the violence
-the use of violence to achieve political end through psychological impacts on a civilian population
Terrorism Perpetrator - ANS-individuals and/or states (broad)
-individuals (narrow)
Terrorism Target - ANS-civilians and state officials (broad)
-only civilians (narrow)
Terrorism Goals - ANS-does not matter (broad)
-to instill fear in population (narrow)
Contention - ANSthe pursuit of collective goods largely outside of formal political institutions
Collective Action - ANSthe joint efforts of individuals to bring about a preferred outcome
Contention - ANSconflict can be peaceful or violent, and can happen inside formal institution or outside
of them
Formal Institutions - ANSinstitutions that are governed by formal rules and typically linked to complex
organizations like the state for corporations
Democratic Societies - ANSconflict channeled through participation in electoral politics
Emulation - ANSSetting yourself on fire
Tunisia - ANSWhere did the Arab Spring start?
Social Movement - ANSreform of system/non revolutions
Revolution - ANS-overthrow structural transformation
-a form of collective action in which some large-scale, structural change is either attempted or
accomplished
Contention - ANSwhen conflict between parties or between parties and the state can't be solved
through formal channels (e.g. elections), the pursuit of collective goods largely outside of formal
institutions, occurs
Types of Contention - ANS-revolutions
-social movements
-everyday resistance
-insurgencies or civil wars
-terrorism
Social Movements - ANS-protests; widespread;social
-much autonomy (i.e. civil society strength)
-ample material resources
-strong social networks
-good mechanisms of communication
-Ex: Civil Rights Movement
Everyday Resistance - ANS-strike; economic; slow down producing less each day
,-little autonomy
-few material resources
-no social networks
-no mechanisms of communication
Ex: Slowdowns
Key Factors - ANS-objectives
-tactics
Objectives - ANS-revolutionary
-non-revolutionary
Tactics - ANS-non-violent
-violent
Non-Violent Tactics - ANS-social movements
-everyday resistance
Violent Tactics - ANS-terrorism
-insurgencies or civil wars
Revolutions - ANS-aim to achieve/actually achieve dramatic change of political, social, and economic
structures
-varieties
-political
-social
-relatively sudden attempts to radically transform social, political, and/or economic relationships
,Non-Revolutions - ANSthe pursuit of collective goods largely outside or formal political institutions that
don't have the aim to dramatically change political and/or social structures but do seek political and/or
social change (i.e. more humble goods)
Types of Revolutions - ANS-social
-political
-other
-third world
Social Revolutions - ANS-class structure aim
-e.g. Frunch, Russia, Chinese Revolutions
Political Revolutions - ANS-political institutions
-E.g. American Revolution, Arab Springs
Other Revolutions - ANS-Anti-colonial revolutions
-Aim=independence
Third World Revolutions - ANS-Aim=resistance to powerful states in international system
-developed by John Foran holding that revolutions in the developing world have special characteristics
-all revolutions involve elite and subaltern actors, but some are more and some less elite
Other Political Institutions - ANS-New domestic political institutions, but not entire structures
-E.g. coup d'etat(regime change)
Insurgencies and Civil Wars - ANS-more-formalized violence
-target is state or other group
-Objective: revolutionary or not
, Terrorism - ANS-less-formalized violence
-target its citizenry so as to influence the state
-perpetrator, target, goals
-must take into account:
1. who or what is perpetrating violence
2. who or what is the target of the violence
3. the goals, purposes, or consequences of the violence
-the use of violence to achieve political end through psychological impacts on a civilian population
Terrorism Perpetrator - ANS-individuals and/or states (broad)
-individuals (narrow)
Terrorism Target - ANS-civilians and state officials (broad)
-only civilians (narrow)
Terrorism Goals - ANS-does not matter (broad)
-to instill fear in population (narrow)
Contention - ANSthe pursuit of collective goods largely outside of formal political institutions
Collective Action - ANSthe joint efforts of individuals to bring about a preferred outcome
Contention - ANSconflict can be peaceful or violent, and can happen inside formal institution or outside
of them
Formal Institutions - ANSinstitutions that are governed by formal rules and typically linked to complex
organizations like the state for corporations
Democratic Societies - ANSconflict channeled through participation in electoral politics
