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This 7 page paper defines 12 terms: command economy, civil society, police state, social democracy, corporatism, economic nationalism, congress party, caste, multinational corporations, political institutionalization, ethnicity and Sharia courts. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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to as a planned economy or as a centralized planned economy (Wikipedia, 2004). Advocates argue this is a practical way to be sure the necessary goods are produced, regardless of
the market, while opponents argue planners cannot accurately determine what the demand will be (Wikipedia, 2004). This was illustrated in the Soviet Union system where severe shortages were common (Wikipedia,
2004). The transition from a command economy to a market economy has, thus far, been shown to be quite difficult, again consider the Soviet Union (Wikipedia, 2004). Civil Society:
A term that has conflicting definitions. What is agreed upon is that over the past few decades, civil society has receded with a political/commercial society advancing (British Library, 2003). Some
define a civil society as one that includes non-profit organizations, others define it to include only self-organization communities bound together by common interests, still others define a civil society by
applying it to all forms of non-governmental cooperation, including big business, and even others define it to exclude any type of institutionalized human activity (British Library, 2003). There was a
time when the what distinguished the market from government had to do with coercive force, i.e., a state society is one where coercion is prevalent (British Library, 2003). However, big
business has become so big and capital has become so concentrated in fewer hands that the descriptor can no longer be applied because big business is so involved in financing
elections (British Library, 2003). Police State: A police state is one in which the national government uses the police to maintain oppressive control over the people (Hyper
Dictionary, 2003). Most often, there is a large force of secret police as well as those who are obvious to the people (Hyper Dictionary, 2003). Social Democracy: A social
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