Thursday, April 24, 2008

Study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 13, Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Know about the following:

government
politics
power
authority
state
traditional state
nation-state
civil rights
political rights
social rights
welfare state
democracy
participatory democracy
constitutional monarchy
political party
liberal democracy
two-party system
multiparty system
interest group
lobbyist
democratic elitism
Max Weber
pluralist
C. Wright Mills, the power elite
revolution
social movement
Marx
James Davies
Charles Tilly
Theda Skocpol
Smelser
Touraine
new social movements
globalization
legitimation crisis
political action committee
Internet democracy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
women’s movement
World Trade Organization
Irish Republican Army
old-style terrorism
postmaterialist values