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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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| person(s) who believe in the Communist ideals |
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| a basic political document that lays out the institutions and procedures a country follows |
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| the way governments (or other bodies make policies; part of systems theory circle |
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| inputs through which people and interest groups put pressure on the state for change |
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| the process of developing democratic states |
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| encompasses the systems theory; everything lying outside the political system |
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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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| either a generic term to decribe the formal part of the state or the administration of the day |
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| the policy of colonizing other countries and establishing empires |
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| the richest countries with advanced economies and liberal sttes |
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| support or demand from people to state; part of the systems theory |
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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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| 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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| public-policy in systems theory |
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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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| organizaion that contests elections or otherwise contends for power |
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| the process through which a community, state, or organization organizes and governs itself |
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| the decisions made by the state that define what it will do |
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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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| all individuals and institutions that make public policy, government or not |
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| one with the capacity and political will to make and implement a strong society |
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| a model for understanding political life |
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| informal term for the poorestcountries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
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| regime in which the state has all but total power |
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| one without the capacity and political will to make and implement effective public policy |
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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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