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| 7579412327 | Political Legitimacy | significant segment of the citizenry believe that the government is entitled to command. | 0 | |
| 7579424930 | Nondemocratic Regimes | political competition is severely restricted; citizens have little freedom to participate in and dissent from official policies; there are poorly developed or respected procedures for selecting and holding accountable political leaders. | 1 | |
| 7579438207 | Democratic Regimes | Free and fair elections are conducted to elect people to public offices.; All citizens possess civil and political rights, including the right to vote.; Political parties free to organize and compete in elections. | 2 | |
| 7579442558 | Nation | group of people who are culturally, linguistically, ethnically, historically, etc. similar and develop a common bond. | 3 | |
| 7579451928 | Liberalism | high amount of personal freedoms and less government control of the economy | 4 | |
| 7579453703 | Common Law | A legal system based on custom and court rulings | 5 | |
| 7579461786 | Coinciding Cleavage | greatest amount of wealth, political power, educational opportunities, and development in comparison to another region within the state | 6 | |
| 7579475516 | Correlation | one variable is accompanied by a change in another | 7 | |
| 7579478240 | Illiberal Democracies | democratic procedures in place but have significant restrictions on them | 8 | |
| 7579480985 | Economic liberalization | limiting the power of the state over private property and market forces | 9 | |
| 7579491592 | Political Efficacy | 10 | ||
| 7579496419 | Purchasing Power Parity | GNP + what people can buy using their income in the local economy | 11 | |
| 7579535613 | Sovereignty | States with the ability to carry out actions or policies within their borders independently from interference | 12 | |
| 7579540306 | Mixed Economy | Mixes characteristics of a command economy with those of a market economy. | 13 | |
| 7579548560 | Confederal System | Power spread among many sub-units and has a weak central government | 14 | |
| 7579553863 | Judicial Review | Allows courts to decide the constitutionality of a law or executive action | 15 | |
| 7579557416 | Nationalism | Discourages the modern trend toward globalization | 16 | |
| 7579560384 | Normative Statement | Statements that contain subjective or value-related judgments | 17 | |
| 7579565048 | Independent Variable | The variable in a function with a value that is subject to choice. | 18 | |
| 7579566505 | Empirical Statement | Statement based on fact | 19 | |
| 7579570785 | Rule of Law | A concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law | 20 | |
| 7579572816 | Social Capital | The mutual support and cooperation enabled by a social network; trust between citizenry and government | 21 | |
| 7579580331 | Parliamentary System | The executive and legislative branches of government are combined. | 22 | |
| 7579585324 | Threshold Requirement | Minimum percentage needed to receive representation in legislative branch | 23 | |
| 7579590220 | State Institution | the institutions that represent official power in society | 24 | |
| 7579593617 | Bureaucracies | complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command; unelected officials implement policy | 25 | |
| 7579602372 | neoliberal economic | The allowance of currency to float; Debt-reduction policies; Free trade; Privatization | 26 | |
| 7579606589 | Nationalization | Changing something from private to state ownership or control | 27 | |
| 7579610787 | Social Democratic | A mix of capitalist and social/welfare economies and politics. | 28 | |
| 7579613841 | globalization | the growing integration of the economies and societies of the world | 29 | |
| 7579619266 | unicameral | One-house legislature | 30 | |
| 7579619267 | bicameral | Two house legislature | 31 | |
| 7579621322 | devolution | Movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state | 32 | |
| 7579623884 | supranationalism | When a number of individual states come together to work together toward common goals. | 33 |
