POLI SCI 106 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bicameralism, National Action Party (Mexico), Canter And Gallop
30 Oct 2014
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= what some scholars believe the viking origin of russia stems from. Roman catholic in that it did not distinguish between the church and state. =from latin word, caesar ; exercised sovereignty over the nation"s lands and aristocrats. =secret-police force under lenin, would later become kgb. =body that would control domestic dissent and supervise overseas surveillance nomenklatura. = politically influential jobs in the state, society, or economy, and the communist party appointees who staffed them (politburo) *poland (solidarity movement) left soviet union hungary leaves e. germ and w. germ (wall falls) *believes that the rational actions of political elites were key (rational actions to negotiate w/ solidarity to not shoot down ppl crossing the border from east to west germ) ***can"t have institutions and expect certain outcomes (there are too many variables) ex: poland easy transition to democracy (eu support) in comparison to russia.
