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| A regional focus when studying political science, rather than studying parts of the world where similar variables are clustered. |
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| A movement within political science during the 1950s and 1960s to develop general theories about individual political behavior that could be applied across all countries. |
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| Cause and effect; when a change in one variable causes a change in another variable. |
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| The study and comparison of domestic politics across countries. |
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| An apparent relationship between two or more variables. |
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| Research that works from a hypothesis that is then tested against data. |
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| The issue that cause and effect are not often clear, in that variables may be both cause and effect in relationship to one another. |
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| A shared material standard of individuals within a community, society, or country. |
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| Institutions usually based on officially sanctioned rules that are relatively clear. |
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| The ability of an individual to act independently, without fear of restriction or punishment by the state or other individuals or groups in society. |
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| An approach that emphasizes how actors or organizations behave in their goal to influence others. Built upon assumptions of rational choice. |
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| Research that works from case studies in order to generate hypotheses. |
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| Institutions with unwritten and unofficial rules. |
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| An organization or activity that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake. |
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| A field in political science which concentrates on relations between countries, such as foreign policy, war, trade, and foreign aid. |
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| A theory asserting that as societies developed, they would take on a set of common characteristics, including democracy and capitalism. |
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| When variables are interconnected and interact together to produce particular outcomes. |
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| The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group. |
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| The ability to influence others or impose one's will on them. |
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| Study through an in-depth investigation of a limited number of cases. |
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| Study through statistical data from many cases. |
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| Approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits. |
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| A focus on effects rather than causes, which can lead to inaccurate conclusions about correlation or causation. |
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| An integrated set of hypotheses, assumptions, and facts. |
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