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Absolutism
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Rule by a single monarch who claims complete exclusive sovereignty over a territory and its people
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authoritarian regime
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lacking democratic characteristics, ruled by a single leader or small group of leaders
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autonomy
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Ability and right of a minority group to partially govern themselves within a larger state
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Bureaucratic authoritarian state
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a state or regime characterized by a institutionalized rule under a military government with a primary goal of economic development
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Capitalism
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the combination of a market economy with private property rights
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civil society
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sphere of organized, nonviolent activity by groups smaller and less inclusive than the state or government
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clientism
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the exchange of material resources for political support
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comparative politics
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the primary focus is on comparing power and decision making across countries
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constructivism
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a theory of identifying groups formation that argues identities are created through a complex process usually referenced to as a social construction
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corporatism
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interest group system in which one organism represents each sector or society
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Coups d'etat
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military takeover of government
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cultural nationalism
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national unity based on a common cultural characteristic
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deficit spending
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government spending that occurs when more is spent than what is collected in revenue
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democracy
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a regime in which citizens have basic rights of open association and expression and the ability to change government (electoral process)
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democratic centralism
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organization of a ruling party; primarily in communist regime
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democratic centralism
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organization of a ruling party; primarily in communist regimes
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dictatorship of the proletariat
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1st stage in Marxist regime
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elite theory
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theory that all societies are ruled by a small group of elites that has effective control over virtually all power
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empirical theory
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an argument explaining what actually occurs
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external sovereignty
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sovereignty relative to outside powers and legally recognized in international law
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externality
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a cost or benefit or the production possibilities that is not fully included in the prices of the final market transition when the final product is sold
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failed state
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a state that is so weak it looses effective sovereignty over part of all its territory
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facist regime
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system of government based on fascist doctrine that the state should be supreme over all
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federalism
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a system in which a states power is legally and constitutionally divided among more than one level of government
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globalization
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a rapid increase in the flow of cultural symbols, political ideas and movements, economic activity, technology, and communications around the globe
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