Concepts list
Here's the list of concepts and vocabulary we started from at the Oakland University STI in July 2005. It's another gem from the online discussion site. It was the beginning point for the glossary posted below.Adapted from O'Neil, Essentials of Comparative Politics and
Wedding, The AP Comparative Government and Politics Examination: What You Need to Know
- accountability
- adjudicate
- agricultural sector
- autarchy
- advanced democracy
- anarchism
- authoritarianism
- authority
- autocracy
- autonomy
- bicameral system
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic authoritarianism
- cabinet
- capacity (strength of state)
- capitalism
- cartel
- catch-all party
- causation
- central bank
- Central Committee
- central planning
- charismatic legitimacy
- checks and balances
- citizenship
- civic culture
- civil rights
- civil servants
- civil service
- civil society
- class
- cleavage
- clientalism
- collective responsibility
- colonialism
- command economy
- communism
- comparative advantage
- comparative method
- comparative politics
- compromise
- conflict
- consensus
- conservatism
- constant
- constitution
- constitutional court
- cooptation
- corporatism
- correlation
- country
- coup d'etat
- crony capitalism
- demand
- democracy
- democratic deficit
- democratization
- dependent variable
- developed country
- devolution
- direct democracy
- distributive policy
- economic liberalization
- electoral system
- empire
- ethnic conflict
- ethnicity (ethnic identity)
- executive
- export-oriented industrialization
- extractive policy
- extractive sector
- faction
- failed state
- fascism
- federalism
- feedback
- foreign direct investment
- fusion of powers
- generalization
- GINI index
- glasnost
- global warming
- globalization
- governance
- government
- grassroots
- gross domestic product - GDP ( and gross national product - GNP)
- head of government
- head of state
- human development index (HDI)
- hyperinflation
- identity politics
- imperialism
- import substitution
- independent variable
- indirect democracy
- industrial sector
- inflation
- informal economy
- initiative
- inputs
- institution
- institutional legitimacy
- integration
- interdependence
- interest aggregation
- interest articulation
- interest group
- intergovernmental system
- international
- interventionist policy
- iron triangle
- judicial review
- Keynesian economics
- laissez-faire
- legislature
- legitimacy
- less-developed country
- liberal democracy
- liberalism
- market
- marketization
- mercantilism
- meritocracy
- microcredit
- military rule
- mixed electoral system
- modern
- modernization theory
- monopoly
- multi-member district
- multinational corporation
- nation
- national conflict
- national identity
- nationalism
- nationalization
- nation-state
- neocolonialism (neoimperialism)
- neocorporatism
- newly industrializing country
- nomenklatura
- nongovernmental organization (NGO)
- nontariff barriers
- oligarchy
- one-party rule
- parastatal
- parliament
- party-state
- patrimonialism
- patriotism
- patron-client relationships
- perestroika
- personal rule
- personality cult
- plebiscite
- plurality sytem (first past the post)
- police powers
- policy
- politburo
- political communication
- political culture
- political economy (political-economic system)
- political ideology
- political integration
- political party
- political socialization
- politics
- postindustrialism
- postmodern (postmaterial)
- prebendalism
- presidential system
- prime ministerial system (parliamentry system)
- private
- privatization
- property
- proportional representation
- public
- public assets
- public goods
- public function
- public liabilities
- purchasing-power parity
- qualitative method
- quantitative method
- quasi democracy
- radicalism
- reaction
- realignment
- recruitment (political and elite)
- redistributive policy
- referendum
- regime
- regulation
- regulatory policy
- rent-seeking
- republic
- revolution
- rule of law
- run-off election
- semi-presidential system (semi-prime ministerial system)
- separation of powers
- service sector
- shock therapy
- single member district
- social change
- social contract
- social democracy
- social expenditure
- social welfare
- social welfare legitimacy
- social values
- socialism
- society
- sovereignty
- state
- strong state
- structural adjustment program
- structure
- suffrage
- supply side economics
- supranational organization
- system
- tariff
- technocrat
- totalitarianism
- traditional legitimacy
- unicameral system
- unitary state
- weak state
- welfare state
- win-win outcome
- zero-sum game
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