State

• the totality of governmental institutions, officials, laws and procedures in a country
• state=government+ administration+civil society
• relates to: soveriegnty,authority, legitimacy
• Hirschmann, Grugel Ch.4

Sovereignty

• undivided power of a state to govern itself
• relates to:authority, modern state, legitimacy
• hirschman,grugel ch. 4

Democratization

• transition to a democratic regime
• relates to: democracy, political parties, elections, seperation of power
• democracy= state+ civil society+global political economy
• bishop/grugel ch 1-3

Political Mobilization

• the activity of rousing masses of people both to express themselves politically and also to undertake political action
• Mobilization takes place when political elites each out to members of various groups in an attempt to get group members to undertake a particular political action
• relates to: political parties, democracies, election, institutionalization of the state
• Bishop and Grugel Ch 4

Authority

• a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative sphere
• relates to: state, institutionalization, 
• types of authority: executive, legislature, civil service, judiciary, police/defense
• Bishop and Grugel Ch. 4

Class

• the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status.
• related to: political mobilization
• Bishop and Grugel Ch. 5

Globalization

• Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations
• relates to: political economy, democratization
• bishop and grugel ch. 6, ferguson "Welcome to the New Imperialism", Bello " The Virtues of Deglobalization"

Modernization

• Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one
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Civil Society

• the aggregate of non-governmental organizations andinstitutions that manifest interests and will of citizens;individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government
• relates to: globalization, political mobilization, democracy
• Example: NGO's 
• Bishop and Grugel ch 5

Polyarchy

• a form of government in which power is vested inthree or more persons
• relates to: political parties, democratization
• Bishop and Grugel ch 1-3
• example: latin America

Seperation of Power

• powers and responsibilities aredivided among the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch.
• relates to:

Citizenship

• Person who is entitled to enjoy all the legal rights and privileges granted by a state to the people comprising its constituency, and is obligated to obey its laws and to fulfill his or duties as called upon
  
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