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| sovereignty | The ability of states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independently of external or internal forces |
| politics | the struggle in a group for power to make decisions for the larger group |
| comparative politics | the study of the struggle of politics across two or more countries |
| institutions | organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake. |
| homogenization of the world | refers to the nations of the world becoming more similar in politics, cultures, economies, etc |
| comparative method | looking for the differences and similarities in politics |
| quantitative method | using data and statistics to compare countries |
| qualitative method | comparing countries by understanding their histories and cultures |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | first modern poltical scientist to compare governments |
| Aristotle | father of the study of politics |
| Thomas Hobbes | Philosopher who believed that people surrendered certain liberties in order to achieve order in society |
| John Locke | Political philosopher who argued that private property is essential to individual freedom and prosperity |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Philosopher who argued that people had certain rights that could not be taken away by the state. Wrote the Social Contract. |
| Karl Marx | Wrote Das Kapital in which he predicted the downfall of capitalism. His theories were the foundations of modern communism |
| freedom & equality | politics is the struggle between individual freedom and collective equality |
