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Comp Gov Base Vocab
Term one vocabulary to keep fresh on (KBAT 1+2+3)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Informal Politics | Interactions between politicians, government officials, institutions, political parties and citizens (directly affect government decision) |
| Formal Politics | Interactions between citizens themselves, their values and other seemingly non-political actors (indirectly influence formal politics) |
| Governments | Systems of institutions that facilitate decision-making and resource allocation (who gets what, where and when) |
| Political Efficacy | A citizen’s sense of their own capacity to understand, participate and influence politics in their community (High efficacy means greater education and influence, low efficacy means marginalized and disengage) |
| National Sovereignty | States and their citizens have the right to make decisions and take action within their borders, free from interference from outside forces (right to independence) |
| Political Culture | The values, practices, and traditional patterns of political interaction in a society (the way politics is done) |
| Political Socialization | The process of exposing citizens to their political culture (agents are family, school system, religion, etc.) |
| Cross-cutting and corresponding cleavages | 1. Relate to each other, different views 2. Polarized, us Vs. them |
| Correlation and causation | 1. Not definite, relationship 2. A definite case of one variable impacting another |
| Political liberalization | Increasing a citizen’s right and liberties |
| Reform | Gradual change, incremental, alters existing system, transforms society/economy/political system |
| Coup D'état | Sweeping change of leadership of a system, though system tends to survive |
| Revolution | Often sudden, extreme fundamental change (system replaced by a new one) |
| Two-turn-over | A rule instated by Huntington requiring power to be transferred peacefully between opposing sides TWICE before government can be considered democratic |
| Corruption | Dishonest, unethical or illegal activities that lead to unfair treatment, discrimination and the loss of resources (killer of democracy) IS STOPPED WITH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| Interest Articulation | Individuals and groups express their needs/wants/demands to decision makers |
| Interest Aggregation | Different needs/wants/demands combine together to become a purpose course of action (policy) |
| Interest Groups | Deal with limited range of issue; represent narrow segment of population on specific issues, organize, educate public, and lobby leaders |
| Interest groups pluralism | In lib dems interest groups are separate from the government and try to influence the government with a method called pluralism |
| Plebiscite | A vote that aims to get the opinion of the public (non-binding) |
| Referendum | A vote that allows public to make key decisions in politics (binding) |
| Regime | Institutions, practices, and rules that endure when one government is replaced by another (THE SYSTEM) |
| Government | Particular group of people in power at any given moment, empowered to make political decisions |
| Centralized/De-centralized | Focused in one national government/spread out over several layers of government |
| Concentrated/Separated | Focused in a small number of individuals or institutions within same level of government (no checks)/Spread out over many (many checks) |
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