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| 59752476 | Legitimacy | the belief that a regime is a proper one and that the government has the right to exercise authority | |
| 59752477 | Traditional Legitimacy | the right to rule because "it has always been that way" | |
| 59752478 | Charismatic Legitimacy | The right to rule based on the personality of an individual. | |
| 59752479 | Rational-Legal Legitimacy | Legitimacy based on the rule of law. Everyone knows the rules and they are applied fairly and evenly. | |
| 59752480 | Sovereignty | A government's right to rule free of internal and external forces. | |
| 59752481 | Revolution | Overthrow of government with broad popular support. Happens when the government has lost legitimacy | |
| 59752482 | Correlation | Apparent connection-can be positive (economy and democratic-ness) or negative (revolution and legitimacy) | |
| 59752483 | Causation | proven link | |
| 59752484 | Political cleavage | Division in society | |
| 59752485 | crosscutting cleavage | "good"-brings people from different groups together. Diverse Groups under a common belief | |
| 59752486 | Coinciding Cleavage | "bad"- ethnic groups in Nigeria for example | |
| 59752487 | Unitary | Central government has all the power. | |
| 59752488 | Federal | Multiple layers of government-national and subgovernments. | |
| 59752489 | Democratization | Move from authoritarian state to an illiberal/procedural democracy to a liberal/substantive democracy | |
| 59752490 | Common Law | When law is developed through court case decisions | |
| 59752491 | Code Law | Law written by legislators | |
| 59752492 | Corporatism | Large groups/corporations are incorporated into government decisions | |
| 59752493 | Cooptation | granting favors in exchange for benefit; "buying off" critics | |
| 59752494 | Theocracy | Rule by religious elite | |
| 59752495 | Political ideology | Someone's beliefs about politics | |
| 59752496 | Liberalism | Less government role in the economy and high value on individual freedom | |
| 59752497 | Conservatism | Desire to maintain the current state | |
| 59752498 | Libertarian | Very little government intervention. Liberalism to the extreme. | |
| 59752499 | Reactionary | Want to go back to a "better" time with previous institutions | |
| 59752500 | Radicalism | rapid, revolutionary change | |
| 59752501 | Nationalism | Pride in your people and belief they have a unique destiny | |
| 59752502 | Proportional Representation | An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote. | |
| 59752503 | FPTP-SMD | The candidate who wins the most votes wins the seat | |
| 59752504 | Political Economy | relationship between the economy and the state. how governments make decisions | |
| 59752505 | Post-materialism | theory that modern culture has moved beyond getting and spending | |
| 59752506 | Developed/Post industrial countries | High standard of living, service based economy | |
| 59752507 | Developing countries | rapid economic growth, low incomes, industry based countries | |
| 59752508 | under-developed countries | poor, agricultural countries | |
| 59752509 | Neoliberal economic reforms/Economic Liberalization | move to a free market economy | |
| 59752510 | GDP | Total dollar value of all goods and services in a country | |
| 59752511 | GDP per capita | value of goods and services in a country divided by population | |
| 59752512 | Human Development Index | Standard of living in a country | |
| 59752513 | Gini Index | Measures income inequality, not a measure of development | |
| 59752514 | Bicameral | A legislature with 2 houses | |
| 59752515 | Devolution | Occurs only in unitary states. national government delgates some power to local governments. | |
| 59752516 | Market economy | supply and demand, very little government intervention in the economy | |
| 59752517 | Welfare State | Government that gives money to people via social welfare programs | |
| 59752518 | Command economy | Government makes all economic decisions | |
| 59752519 | Referendum | Government puts legislation on a ballot to see what the people think. | |
| 59752520 | Deductive Reasoning | Going from general to specific | |
| 59752521 | Inductive Reasoning | Going from specific to general | |
| 59752522 | Judicial review | Power of the court to determine if a law is constitutional | |
| 59752523 | Dependency Theory | The idea that farmer colonies are left with a legacy of economic dependence on their colonizers | |
| 59752524 | Globalization | The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world. | |
| 59752525 | Transparency | The extent to which the workings and decision making of government are explained to citizens. | |
| 59752526 | State | A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority | |
| 59752527 | Nation | a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity | |
| 59752528 | Country | the land of a group of people united under the same government | |
| 59752529 | Regime | a government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule | |
| 59752530 | Government | the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies | |
| 59752531 | Institutions | organizations where governmental power is exercised | |
| 59752532 | Political culture | an overall set of values widely shared within a society | |
| 59752533 | Liberal Democracy | A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights. | |
| 59752534 | Illiberal democracy | procedural, holds elections but without civil rights and liberties | |
| 59752535 | Communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions | |
| 59752536 | Authoritarianism | a political system that denies the people participation in goverment |
