AP Comparative Government Unit 1

A regime that lacks few and fair elections and restricts civil rights and liberties

A measure of income inequality within a country

The state's ability to carry out actions indepedently

An overthrow of the political system with wide popular support

A form of government where political power resides with the armed forces

political regime often created as a result of an incomplete transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one

A system of political organization in which most or all of the power resides in a centralized government

A set of institutions that maintain control over a given territory

The rate at which the GDP changes for a country from one year to another

A coup tends to be small

The set of institutions or individuals legally empowered to make binding decisions for a country

Which fell in 1989?

A state with complete political, social, and cultural control over citizens

The transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic system

Illiberal Democracy, Procedural Democracy, and Hybrid Regimes are very similar

The ability of citizens to see what the government is doing

The right to rule based on institutionalized system of laws

Rules that specify the relationship between the state and its citizens and the different parts of the government

Money invested in a business by an individual or a group of individuals

A system that denotes the particular procedures that produce an electorally-legitimated government

A human community with a shared culture, history, geography, and/or a psychological sense of identity

A measure of political rights and civil liberties within a country

A one-party state allows two or more parties to control government

A change in the fundamental rules and system of government

Growth domestic product (GDP) divided by population

No one is above the law, including officials

A union of states in which the stress is laid on the supremacy of the common government

The total value of goods and services produced in a country during a one year period

Power passed down to a lower level, especially by central government to a local or regional government

A statement of opinion about what should occur

A system that is the framework of ruling institutions

A union of sovereign states in which the stress is laid on the autonomy of each constituent body

A state that is ruled in the name of a community of citizens who identify themselves as a nation

A change in leaders but without a fundamental change in the system

A system with elections and no transparency about the actions made by the government

The right to rule based on a leader's personality

Use of an official position for personal gain

Money invested in a business located in another country

The process by which a democratic regime matures, making it unlikely to become authoritarian

A state based on religious rule

The state's right to use power to enforce policies and decisions; belief of a right to rule

A measure of the degree to which a state is weak and fragile

The right to rule based on traditional beliefs and customs

A statistic composite index of indicators, including life expectancy, education, and per capita income

Which fell in 1991?

A measure of the degree in which citizens believe officials use their positions for private gain

What does GDP PPP stand for?

A system with free and fair elections and civil rights and liberties

A statement of fact that can be proven

Which is not a system that has elections with limited competitiveness, minimal civil liberties, and no transparency

When a judicial system makes decisions according to the wishes of government officials instead of using legal principles

The seizure of power from a government

The state, government, regime, and people who live within a political system