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AP Comparative GovernmentExam/116 Accurate Questions with
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hypothesis - -A tentative explanation for a phenomenon used as a basis for
further investigation
-positive correlation - -a direct association between two variables. As one
becomes larger the other one does as well.
-negative correlation - -an inverse association between two variables. As
one variable become larger, the other one becomes smaller.
-dependent variable - -the variable that you believe might be influenced or
modified by some treatment or exposure. It is also the main object of study.
-empirical data - -data dreived from reliable measurement or observation.
-normative analysis - -research that not only gathers facts but also points
out ways the object of study can be improved
-quantitative analysis - -examination of measurable and verifiable data
-game theory - -attempts to explain behavior in strategic situations in which
an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others
-rational choice theory - -When making political decisions or voting, people
calculate the expected gains and costs of a particular action and choose
accordingly.
-zero-sum games - -a two-person, two-sided game in which one player's
loss is the other player's gain in equal measure.
-variable sum games - -games in which the outcome can at times be
beneficial for all or most of the players.
-politics - -the process by which people pursue collective goals and deal
with their conflicts through government.
-state - -the organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a given
territory
, -nation - -a group of people bound together by a common set of political
aspirations
-authoritarianism - -a political system in which a small group of individuals
exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to
the public.
-bureaucratic authoritarianism - -A system in which the state bureaucracy
and the military share a belief that a technocratic leadership, focused on
rational, objective, and technical expertise, can solve the problems of the
country without public participation.
-capitalism - -A system of production based on private property and free
markets.
-central planning - -A communist economic system in which the state
explicitly allocates resources by planning what should be produced and in
what amounts, the final prices of goods, and where they should be sold.
-charismatic legitimacy - -Legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied
by an individual leader.
-civil society - -Organizations outside the state that help people define and
advance their own interests
-clientism - -A process whereby the state co-opts members of the public by
providing specific benefits or favors to a single person or a small group in
return for public support.
-conservatism - -A political attitude that is skeptical of change and supports
the current order.
-co-optation - -The process by which individuals are brought into a
beneficial relationship with the state, making them dependent on the states
for certain rewards.
-corporatism - -A method of co-optation whereby authoritarian systems
create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the
interests of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state.
-coup d'etat - -A move in which military forces take control of the
government by force.
-devolution - -A process in which political power is "sent down" to lower
levels of state and government.
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