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Poli Sci 2
second test
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Political Studies
12th Grade
12/06/2010

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State takes increasing share of GDP
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Socialist State
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Mr. Socialist
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David Cameron
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Why state must expand
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Prosperous citizens demand more government services; hidden taxes; politicians who promise more get elected in a democracy; bureaucracies can't be killed; as global trade increases, governments lose control and create more bureaucracies.
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Bureaucracies can't be killed
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National Helium Program 1928
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Hidden Taxes
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Withholding FICA 1942, Excise Investment
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Excise Investment
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Sales Tax
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Great Britain % Exports High Tech
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34
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South Korea % Exports High Tech
Definition
32
Term
United States % Exports High Tech
Definition
30
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Japan % Exports High Tech
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27
Term
Madagascar % Exports High Tech
Definition
1
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Demographic Bubble
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Old Coots Cost
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Japan hit demographic wall
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1990's
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United States hit demographic wall
Definition
2010
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China hit demographic wall
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2015
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Germany Social Welfare and Health
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62%
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United States Social Welfare and Health
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41%
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Madagascar Social Welfare and Health
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9%
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Myanmar Social Welfare and Health
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6%
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Get Healthy Sweden Government Spending % GDP
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8
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Get Healthy United States Government Spending % GDP

Definition
7
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Get Healthy Japan Government Spending % GDP

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7
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Get Healthy Nigeria Government Spending % GDP

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1
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Get Healthy Sweden Private Spending

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1%
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Get Healthy United States Private Spending

 

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8%
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Get Healthy Japan Private Spending

 

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1%
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Get Healthy Nigeria Private Spending

 

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3%
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Sweden Life Expectancy
Definition
81
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United States Life Expectancy
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78
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Japan Life Expectancy
Definition
82
Term
Nigeria Life Expectancy
Definition
47
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Sweden Infant Mortality
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0.3%
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United States Infant Mortality
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0.6%
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Japan Infant Mortality
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0.3%
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Nigeria Infant Mortality
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9.9%
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Qatar Wealth Rank
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1
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Norway Wealth Rank
Definition
4
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United States Wealth Rank
Definition
8
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Japan Wealth Rank
Definition
24
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Qatar Human Development Rank (Life Expectancy Included)
Definition
34
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Norway Human Development Rank (Life Expectancy Included)
Definition
2
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United States Human Development Rank (Life Expectancy Included)
Definition
15
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Japan Human Development Rank (Life Expectancy Included)
Definition
8
Term
Greens are First World
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Except Japan
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Greenie Power Levels
Definition
Most win elections part of government; don't win elections, but have powerful groups; run for life
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Most win elections part of government
Definition
European Union, Australia, New Zealand
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Don't win elections, but have powerful groups
Definition
In United States can make laws
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Run for life
Definition
3rd World
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Famous Greenie Authors
Definition
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring; Paul Ehrlich - Population Bomb
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Radical Greens
Definition
Eco fascism; Eco-feminism; the Gaia Hypothesis; the earth is a single living feminine being; religious aspect 10,000-3,000 BC; women powerful as mother fertility goddesses and chief priestesses
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Deep Ecology Values
Definition
Nonhuman has intrinsic value; substantial reduction in human population
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Neo Luddites
Definition
Monkey-wrenching
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Cyber Terrorists
Definition
Terrorism for Dummies
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Animal Rights
Definition
PETA
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Vegan Greens
Definition
Vegan Liberation Front
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India Greens
Definition
Jainists
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Ecotopia Emerging: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
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Ernest Hellenbauch: Radical or Moderate?
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Both
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Ecotopia: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
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How Greenies Take Power?: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
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Diversity: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Cancer Commandos: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
Term
Compassion: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Anti-Capitalist: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
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Future Generations: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Control with Marijuana, Hot Tub Sex: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
Term
Sustainable: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Gender Equity: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Decentralization: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
European Union: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Radical
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United States: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
China: Radical or Moderate?
Definition
Moderate
Term
Ecotopia
Definition
Train, plants everywhere, recycling
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Decentralization
Definition
Farmers Market
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Moderate Greens
Definition
GM ok
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Standards of Justice
Definition
Contribution; Need; Procedural Due Process; Rights; Overriding Social Needs; Efficiency
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Contribution
Definition
It is just if those who contribute the most receive the most
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Example Contribution
Definition
Capitalism, Plato's Republic
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Flaw Contribution
Definition
What do societies value?
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Need
Definition
It is just if those who need it receive it
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Example Need
Definition
Socialism
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Flaw Need
Definition
The Undeserving
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Procedural Due Process
Definition
It is just if government officials follow rules which limit discretion
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Example Procedural Due Process
Definition
United States Constitution 5th Amendment
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Flaw Procedural Due Process
Definition
Reverse of arbitrary; PDP=1/A; Negative; Hammurabi; Most people care only about results
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Rights
Definition
Special Basic; Natural; It is just if you have natural rights
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Example Rights
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Life; Speech; Privacy
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Flaw Rights
Definition
In many places, not only are they not absolute, they do not exist
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Overriding Social Needs
Definition
Society is Tiny Tim and the individual always loses
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Example Overriding Social Needs
Definition
War; Affirmative Action; Revolution
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Flaw Overriding Social Needs
Definition
Individual suffers because dimwits think the state is a living organic being and not a bunch of privileged people
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Efficiency
Definition
Effectiveness; It is just if benefits > cost measure in $ from business profit and law statement
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Example Efficiency
Definition
Robert McNomara
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Flaw Efficiency
Definition
Apples and Oranges
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It is just if those who need it receive it
Definition
Tiny Tim
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Discretion
Definition
Arbitrary Behavior
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Results
Definition
Substance
Term
Life
Definition
Thomas Hobbes
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Speech
Definition
John Stuart Mill
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War
Definition
Draft; Die; Internment
Term
Simplest Government Program
Definition
Pour Concrete
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Pour Concrete
Definition
Dams; Roads
Term
Authority and legitimacy material all from famous German sociologist
Definition
Max Weber
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Max Weber
Definition
Writing 1900-1920
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Authority
Definition
A relationship between X and Y. X has authority over Y if Y believes that X has the right to issue commands and should be obeyed. Authority is the answer to the question "Why should I obey you?"
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Why should I obey you?
Definition
Tradition; Charismatic; Legal-Bureaucratic
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Tradition
Definition
Because that is the way we have always done it
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Charismatic
Definition
Because I am different from and better than you; fragile and rare
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Legal-Bureaucratic
Definition
Because there is a legislature/bureaucracy which represents you which has made this law/rule which I the policeman am now enforcing
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Legitimacy
Definition
Voluntary Obedience; 0%<state<100%
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Theory of the Democratic Citizen
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