Ap Comp/gov Killer Vocab Test

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A question using ideas, regarding what should be done-What is better or worse.

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Normative Questions

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Questions that can be answered with facts or observations

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Empirical Questions

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Political power exercised of a defined geographic territory through a set of public institutions

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State

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Power and Authority are derived from the central government

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Unitary State

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Both the states and central governments have separate spheres of authority and the means to implement their power.

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Federal State

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A country dependent on one commodity

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Rentier State

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A human community with shared culture and history;Psychological sense of identity.

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Nation

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The state, the government, regime and people who live within a political system.

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Country

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Fundamental norms and rules that control access to and exercise of political power. Established by administrations over time.

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Regime

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The leadership in power at a particular moment that administers the state.

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Government

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Executive, legislature, judiciary, bureaucracy.

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Institutions

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A struggle for power that gives the winners the ability to make decisions affecting others: Who gets what, when, and how.

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Politics

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The pattern of basic norms relating to politics.

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Political culture

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Generally accepted view that a state has the right to rule.

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Legitimacy

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The right to rule because they have always ruled

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Traditional legitimacy

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Rule based on personality.

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Charismatic Legitimacy

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Based on a widely accepted system of laws and procedures.

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Rational-Legal Legitimacy

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A states ability to carry out actions independently.

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Sovereignty

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Two houses of congress.

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Bicameral

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One house of congress.

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Unicameral

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Deals with everyday tasks of running the state, formulating and executing policy.

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Head of Government

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Symbolizes and represents the people nationally and internationally.

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Head of State

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A drastic change in beliefs or an overthrow of the government by the governed.

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Revolution

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Association between variables.

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Correlation

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When a change in one variable causes a change in another variable.

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Causation

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Factors that separate groups, like religion and gender.

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Political Cleavages

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Cleavages that include people with differences and strengthen society.

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Crosscutting Cleavages

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Cleavages that emphasize the differences in society.

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Coinciding Cleavages

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A system of government with free and fair, regular elections.

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Democracy

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Political competition, economic freedom, civil rights and liberties are allowed and granted.

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Liberal Democracy

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Democracies with authoritarian elements, in which the citizens do not have civil rights or liberties.

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Illiberal democracies

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Liberalism and communism. Mixed welfare state with largely private economy.

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Social Democracy

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Party controls most aspects of a country's political and economic system. Strong official ideology to transform fundamental aspects aspects of a society.

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Totalitarianism

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Limited rights and liberties; citizens have no choice in regards to policy-making or leadership.

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Authoritarian.

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An ideology that upholds equality by eliminating private property and market forces.

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Communism

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The belief that human history develops in specific phases and that technological advancement will eventually create tension such that the proletariat will overthrow the bourgeoisie and create a classless utopia.

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Marxism

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Ensures that the people make the decisions in order the have economic equality; a step towards communism.

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Socialism

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Focuses on eliminating inequality and promoting economic development. A vanguard of the proletariat will take over form the capitalists and eventually create a classless utopia.

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Marxism-Leninism

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Everyone is expected to support the final decision.

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Democratic Centralism

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When the government and business work closely together in policy-making. When a limited number of interest groups are sanctioned or created.

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Corporatism

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When the government bribes the populace/exchanges favors.

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Cooptation

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Government led by religion.

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Theocracy

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Idea of what the government's role should be.

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Political Ideology

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High priority on individual political and economic freedoms.

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Liberalism (Political Ideology)

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Questions whether change is necessary.

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Conservatism

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Favors little government intereference.

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Libertarian

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Idea regarding pace and scope of change between freedom and equality.

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Political Attitude

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Promotes evolutionary change within the system.

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Liberalism (Political Attitude)

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Rapid action to restore everything to the way it was.

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Reactionary

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Ideology that promotes rapid, extensive, revolutionary change.

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Radicalism

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Pride in one's group of people and state. Own personal destiny.

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Nationalism

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Parties represented in legislature according to percentage of vote received.

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Proportional Representation

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Winner-take-all districts.

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First Past the Post

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The study of how economics and politics are related.

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Political Economy

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High income per capita, GDP, industrialized, high HDI rating.

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Developed Countries

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Low standards of living, underdeveloped industrial base.

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Developing Nations

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Lacks industrialization, infrastructure, developed agriculture, and developed natural resources.

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Under-developed countries

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A desire to open up the markets coupled with a sense of fiscal responsibility.

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Neoliberal Economic Reforms

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The total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year.

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GDP (gross domestic product)

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Mechanism that attempts to estimate the real buying power of income in each country using US prices as benchmark.

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PPP (Purchasing power parity)

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Measures economic inequality from 0 to 100.

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Gini Index

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A measure of a country's standard of living.

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HDI

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International forces that shape politics in the context of intensifying links between states, societies, and economies.

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Globalization

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Institutions that which help citizens connect and influence policy-making.

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Linkage Institutions

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Government controlled economy.

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Command Economy.

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Supply and demand controlled economy.

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Market Economy

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Changes that limit the power of state over private property and market forces.

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Economic Liberalizations

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Transfer of ownership from government to private state.

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Privatization

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Movement towards democracy.

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Democratization

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When professed democracies fall short of democratic ideals.

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Democratic Deficit

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Transfer of power from the federal government to the regional governments.

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Devolution

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Structure and regulations in place to control activity in large organizations or government.

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Bureaucracy

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A system of hiring and promotion based on meritocracy and the formation of non-partisan government.

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Civil Service

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Groups of citizen-run social organizations formed voluntarily and outside of state control.

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Civil Society

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Patron-client relationship.

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Clientelism.

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Policy that encourages use of locally manufactured goods. Includes high tariffs on finished goods.

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ISI (Import Substitution Industrialization)

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Groups who seek to influence policymaking without holding office.

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Interest Groups

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An organization or Agency that is financed by a government but acts independently.

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NGO (Non-governmental organization)

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Power of courts to review whether action is legal or constitutional.

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Judicial Review

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Representative assembly with power to ratify laws.

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Legislature

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Head of government chosen from parliament.

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Parliamentary System

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Extreme form of clientelism. Give benefits to similar ethnic groups.

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Prebendalism

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Fused head of state and head of government who are chosen outside of the legislature.

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Presidential System

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President and Prime Minister share executive power.

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Semi-presidential system

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Referendum

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Direct vote by the people on a proposal.

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Law governs everyone; no one is exempt.

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Rule of Law

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International organization which spans multiple states.

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Supranational Organization

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Those in government for benefits who began as workers in another field.

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Technocrats

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Head of state is also head of legislature.

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Fusion of Powers

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North American Free Trade Agreement.

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NAFTA