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| 14753923044 | Federalism | A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments | 0 | |
| 14753935101 | assymetric federalism | power is divided unevenly between regional bodies | 1 | |
| 14753936520 | Unitary State | A state in which most political power exists at the national level, with limited local authority. | 2 | |
| 14753940975 | Devolution | Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments. | 3 | |
| 14753943754 | Legitimacy | a value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper | 4 | |
| 14754009184 | traditional legitimacy | Legitimacy that accepts aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time | 5 | |
| 14754030995 | charismatic legitimacy | Legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied by an individual leader | 6 | |
| 14754033438 | rational-legal legitimacy | Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized. | 7 | |
| 14754035195 | Empirical Statement | A fact-based statement. | 8 | |
| 14754036620 | normative statement | claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be | 9 | |
| 14754036621 | State | the organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory | 10 | |
| 14754044542 | regime | a government in power | 11 | |
| 14754228604 | Government | The leadership or elite in charge of running the state | 12 | |
| 14754230973 | inductive reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | 13 | |
| 14754233177 | deductive reasoning | the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations | 14 | |
| 14754239043 | Causation | the action of causing something | 15 | |
| 14754241359 | Correlation | A measure of the relationship between two variables | 16 | |
| 14754242925 | Liberal Democracy | A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights. | 17 | |
| 14754246060 | Authoritarianism | A political system in which a small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public. | 18 | |
| 14754248206 | Rule of Law | No one is above the law | 19 | |
| 14754249477 | Republicanism | the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people | 20 | |
| 14754252270 | Coup d'etat | a sudden overthrow of the government | 21 | |
| 14754253992 | Illiberal Democracy | a governing system in which, although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties | 22 | |
| 14754256436 | Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders | 23 | |
| 14754257275 | Revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | 24 |
