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when nationial, ethnic, linguistic, and reigous divisions systematically affect political allegiences and policies.
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| a grouping of people who share real or imagined common history, culture, language or ethnic origin |
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| a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit. |
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individualists who see society as composed of individual human beings
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| seen in many authoritarian societies, particularly under communism or fascism. |
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| Literally "rule by the few" |
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| Governments that provided basic law and order, defense, and protection of property rights, but little else. |
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| Occer when some economic activate produces costs that are not borne or taken into account by any of the party. |
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| an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members |
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| Have common physical trates, languages, cultuers, or history; need not have any objective bases in genetics, cultuers, or history. |
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income and wealth inequities
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| rights which are held by all human beings |
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| the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
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| a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing |
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| the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
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| government free from external control |
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| In economics, rent seeking occurs when an individual, organization or firm seeks to earn income by capturing economic rent through manipulation or exploitation of the economic environment, rather than by earning profits through economic transactions and the production of added wealth. |
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| an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security |
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| the government constricts the rights and prvacy of its citzens in a particularly severe and intrusive manner. |
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| wild primitive state untouched by civilization |
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| a good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable |
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| system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems |
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| the traditional orientation of the citizens of a nation toward politics, affecting their perceptions of political legitimacy. |
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| refers to a belief in a strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often religious in nature), sometimes as a reaction to perceived doctrinal compromises with modern social and political life |
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| the capacity of a state to regulate behaviors and enforce order within its territory, often framed in terms of general welfare, morals, health, and safety. |
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| purchasing power parity (ppp) |
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| uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power. |
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| he transition to a more democratic political regime |
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| rights and freedoms that protect an individual from the state |
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| a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
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