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Unit 1

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Empirical Statement   statements are based on facts and statistics  
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Normative Statement   statement that makes a value judgement  
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Correlation   when a change in one variable coincides with a change in the other, but isn't necessarily the cause  
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Causation   one variable causes or influences another  
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HDI   index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development  
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GDP   total amount of all goods and services produced within a country in a given year  
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Government   a system that creates and enforces laws, makes decisions and maintains control  
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Political Systems   how a government is organized, who has power to make decisions  
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State   set of institutions that maintain control over a given territory  
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Nation   group of people bound by common traits (such as race, language, religion, and ethnicity) and political identity or aspirations  
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Regime   a political system with a specific pattern of relationship between the state, society, market, and the world (how it works)  
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Sovereignty   Legal right and ability (power) of a state to carry out actions & policies within its territory.  
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Rule of Law   all the laws set in place in a society that supersedes the actions and statements of original rulers (everyone is under the law)  
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Rule By Law   the government uses the law to control citizens  
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Power   Ability to direct the behavior of others through coercion, persuasion, or leadership.  
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Authority   Legal right exercise power on behalf of society and/or gov't  
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Federal   formal division of power between national and subnational levels of government  
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Unitary   powers held by subnational levels of government are delegated by the central government, and no powers are reserved to the subnational level  
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Devolution   the decentralization of national/central power to local units of government.  
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Legitimacy   the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime  
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Coercion   Another word for force, whether that be through surveillance of the populous or brute force.  
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Transparency   when a government allows citizens several points of access for obtaining information about governmental actions.  
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