Exam 3: States, Citizens, and Regimes

Communist regimes

Modernizing authoritarians often use the idea of national unity to justify

Germany's Nazi regime added ______ to fascism.

What makes a "social democracy" different from a "liberal democracy?" Please discuss the main characteristics of both, illustrating your answer with examples of countries that can be classified within each of the two categories.

______ reject much of the rationality that underlies Western philosophy, appealing instead to spiritual principles and ideas of a nation as a living organism.

Which of the following is true?

Education, pensions, and health care are examples of

Civil society in Russia thrived under Communist Party rule, and the state was limited as to how it could influence individuals' lives.

A ______ regime will justify its coming to power by pointing out prolonged economic stagnation and/or growing social unrest. It may also claim that it will "clean up the mess" of the prior government and get the country back on the right track of development.

Fidel Castro is associated with fascist ideology.

Compare and contrast Brazil's authoritarian regime with Mexico's electoral authoritarian regime.

According to the textbook, "citizens"

In what way did Russia at the turn of the twentieth century differ from Marx's idea of where socialist revolution would take place?

Liberal democracy was able to evolve in Britain because citizens were able to

In the twentieth century, fascists came to power in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

In Marxist theory, the economic system in any given historical era, such as feudalism and capitalism in the last millennium in Europe, is known as

Marx did not believe that the communist revolution would begin in Russia because it was

China's current regime is best described as

In Islamist doctrine, shura refers to

The idea of liberal democracy does not include public control of the economy.