ap comp vocab part 1
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takeasplash30 on September 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 comparative politics | the study and comparison of domestic politics across countries. |
| international politics | concerns the relations between countries |
| politics | the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs |
| nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| nation-state | A country who's population share a common identity. |
| regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
| government | the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
| the 'comparative approach' | Examines the impact of state government on public policy |
| political communication | advising candidates and groups on public policy issues, usually in elections |
| political institutions | the means by which goals, norms, beliefs, and values, and the resultant moral standard of private individuals, small groups, and larger organizations are formalized into law. |
| public policy | the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem |
| political culture | an overall set of values widely shared within a society |
| political recruitment | the processes by which people become public participants and leaders |
| cultural norms | Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members |
| legitimacy | lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law |
| consensual political culture | citizens tend to agree on the appropriate means of making political decisions and to agree on the major problems facing the society and how to solve them |
| conflictual political culture | the citizens are sharply divided, often on both the legitimacy of the regime and solutions to major problems |
| political sub-cultures | Smaller political cultures within the overarching political culture |
| interest articulation | methods by which citizens express their opinions and desires to the government |
| modernization | making modern in appearance or behavior |
| post-materialist values | beliefs in the importance of policy goals beyond one's immediate self interest as well as one's prosperity and security; sometimes labeled as post modern values |
| political cleavage | A division between groups; it can be good or bad. |
| religious fundamentalism | religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy |
| cross-cutting cleavage | divisions in society that cut across demographic divisions thereby reducing the effect of the differences |
| cultural congruence | political structures and political cultures are mutually reinforcing in stable political systems |
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