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AP Comp Gov Chapter 1
Seeking New Lands, Seeing with New Eyes, Introduction
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Political Studies
12th Grade
01/19/2010

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Cold War
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rivalry between the superpowers from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union
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Communist
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person(s) who believe in the Communist ideals
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Constitution
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a basic political document that lays out the institutions and procedures a country follows
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Crisis
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a critical turning point
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Decision-Making
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the way governments (or other bodies make policies; part of systems theory circle
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Demand
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inputs through which people and interest groups put pressure on the state for change
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Democratization
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the process of developing democratic states
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Environment
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encompasses the systems theory; everything lying outside the political system
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Globalization
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popular term used to describe how international economic, social, cultural, and technological forces are affecting events inside individual countries
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Government
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either a generic term to decribe the formal part of the state or the administration of the day
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Imperialism
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the policy of colonizing other countries and establishing empires
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Industrialized Democracy
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the richest countries with advanced economies and liberal sttes
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Input
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support or demand from people to state; part of the systems theory
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Interest Group
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any organization formed to work for the views of a relatively narrow group of people, such as trade unions or business associations
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International Political Economy (IPE)
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term describing trade and other interactions between countries
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Nation
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psychological concept linking cultural, linguistic, and other identities that tie people together
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Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)
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countries in the third world that have made major strides toward industrialization
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Output
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public-policy in systems theory
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Political Culture
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basic values and assumptions that people have toward autority, the political system, and other overarching themes in political life
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Political Party
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organizaion that contests elections or otherwise contends for power
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Politics
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the process through which a community, state, or organization organizes and governs itself
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Public Policy
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the decisions made by the state that define what it will do
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Regime
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the institutions and practices that endure from government to government such as the constitutional order in a democracy
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State
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all individuals and institutions that make public policy, government or not
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Strong State
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one with the capacity and political will to make and implement a strong society
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Systems Theory
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a model for understanding political life
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Third World
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informal term for the poorestcountries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Totalitarianism
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regime in which the state has all but total power
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Weak State
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one without the capacity and political will to make and implement effective public policy
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Feedback
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how events today are communicated to people later on and shape what people do later; part of the systems theory
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