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27 Cards in this Set
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Power
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The ability to get people or groups to do what they otherwise would not do through coercion, persuasion, or leadership.
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State
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All INDIVIDUALS and INSTITUTIONS that exert power and make public policy through direct action or political participation whether they are in government or not.
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Government
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The leadership in power or hold authority at a particular moment in as state - roughly akin to an American administration.
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Nation
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The primarily psychological sense of identification with a people because of culture, geography, or linguistic ties.
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Executive
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the people and agencies which implement or execute government policy (from the head of government to the lowest bureaucrat)
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Legislative
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The political structure that passes laws
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Judicial
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The political structure (usually courts) that adjudicates cases and applies the law.
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Judicial review
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the power of the courts to modify or nullify the actions of the legislatures and executive
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Separation of powers
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the system of government where power is divided into the power of the other structures
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Regime
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The institution and practices that endure from government to government
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Ideology
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The set of beliefs or convictions that 1. identify problems in a political culture 2. explain why they exist 3. prescribe a cure for the problems
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sovereignty
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independent legal authority over a population in a particular place
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rule of law
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a system that operates according to a predictable, known, and visible set of laws and procedures
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politics
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the process through which groups of people govern themselves or are governed through authority
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legitimacy
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the belief the authority is properly ruling
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Supranational organization
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an international organization that a state may surrender sovereignty to in order to pursue a broader regional or global purpose
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state-building concerns
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all states must deal with five interlocking concerns: 1. solving identity concerns 2. building and maintaining legitimacy 3. responding to citizen participation and 4. distributing the state's resources
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Unitary state
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regines in which sub national units (states) have little or no power
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Federal state
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Constitutional practice in which sub national units (states) are granted considerable power
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Political culture
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the collection of history, values, beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, traditions, and symbols that define and influence political behavior with a state
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Political socialization
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the institutions and methods of developing and reinforcing significant public beliefs, attitudes and practices. (how beliefs are transferred)
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Public Policy
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the decisions made by a state that define what it will do
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Political Party
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an organized group of people with their primary purpose of electing its members, promoting a particular ideology, or advancing a particular issue
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Democracy
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power by the people or as John Locke once said a government that has the consent of the people
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Democratization
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the spread of representative government to more countries and process of making governments more representative
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Globalization
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the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of people, cultures, economies, and nation state facilitated by technology, trade, and cultural diffusion.
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Revolution
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a process by which a political regime is overthrown and replaced because of broad popular support and fundamental economic, social, or political changes are made
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