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1 AP Comparative Government and Politics Vocabulary AP Comparative Government and Politics Mr. Vasquez For each CONCEPT, provide DEFINITION, SIGNIFICANCE (why is it important?), and EXAMPLE. Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Area studies 2. Behavioral revolution 3. Causal relationship 4. Comparative method 5. Comparative politics 6. Correlation 7. Deductive reasoning 8. Endogeneity 9. Equality 10. Formal institutions 11. Freedom 12. Game theory 13. Inductive reasoning 14. Informal institutions 15. Institution 16. International relations 17. Modernization theory 18. Multicausality 19. Politics 20. Power 21. Qualitative method 22. Quantitative method 23. Rational choice 24. Selection bias 25. Theory Chapter 2 States 26. Asymmetric federalism 27. Autonomy 28. Capacity 29. Charismatic legitimacy 30. Country 31. Devolution 32. Failed state 33. Federalism 34. Government 35. Legitimacy 36. Rational- legal legitimacy 37. Regime 38. Sovereignty State 40. Strong state 41. Traditional legitimacy 42. Unitary state 43. Weak state Chapter 3 Nations and Society 44. Anarchism 45. Citizenship 46. Communism 47. Conservatives 48. Culture 49. Ethnic conflict 50. Ethnic identity/ethnicity 51. Fascism 52. Fundamentalism 53. Liberal democracy 54. Liberalism 55. Liberals 56. Nation 57. National conflict 58. National identity 59. Nationalism 60. Nation- state 61. Patriotism 62. Political attitude 63. Political culture 64. Political ideology 65. Radicals 66. Reactionary 67. Social democracy (socialism) 68. Society Chapter 4 Political Economy 69. Capitalism 70. Central bank 71. Comparative advantage 72. Deflation 73. Economic liberalization 74. Gini index 75. Gross domestic product (GDP)

2 76. Human Development Index (HDI) 77. Hyperinflation 78. Inflation 79. Laissez- faire 80. Market 81. Mercantilism 82. Monopoly 83. Neocorporatism 84. Nontariff regulatory barriers 85. Parastatal 86. Political- economic system 87. Political economy 88. Property 89. Public goods 90. Purchasing power parity (PPP) 91. Quota 92. Regulation 93. Social expenditures 94. Tariff Chapter 5 Political Violence 95. Guerrilla war 96. Ideational 97. Nihilism 98. Political violence 99. Relative deprivation model 100. Revolution 101. State- sponsored terrorism 102. Terrorism Chapter 6 Democratic Regimes 103. Abstract review 104. Bicameral system 105. Civil liberties 106. Civil society 107. Concrete review 108. Constituency 109. Constitutional court 110. Democracy 111. Electoral system 112. Executive 113. First past the post 114. Head of government 115. Head of state 116. Initiative 117. Judicial review 118. Legislature Liberal democracy 120. Mixed electoral system 121. Multimember district (MMD) 122. Parliamentary system 123. Presidential system 124. Proportional system (PR) 125. Referendum 126. Republicanism 127. Rule of law 128. Semi- presidential system 129. Separation of powers 130. Single- member district (SMD) 131. Unicameral system 132. Vote of no confidence Chapter 7 Developed Democracies 133. Developed democracy 134. Intergovernmental system 135. Modern 136. Postmodern 137. Supranational system Case 1 United Kingdom 138. Tony Blair 139. Brexit 140. Cabinet 141. David Cameron 142. Celtic fringe 143. Nick Clegg 144. Collective responsibility 145. Collectivist consensus 146. Common law 147. Commonwealth 148. Confederation of British Industry (CBI) 149. Conservatives (Tories) 150. Crown 151. English Civil War 152. Nigel Farage 153. Good Friday Agreement 154. Hereditary peers 155. House of Commons 156. House of Lords 157. Hung parliament 158. Labour Party 159. Liberal Democratic Party 160. Liberals (Whigs)

3 161. Life peers 162. Magna Carta 163. Majoritarian 164. Member of Parliament (MP) 165. Ed Milbrand 166. Northern Ireland 167. Parliament 168. Prime Minister 169. Quangos 170. Scottish National Party (SNP) 171. Margaret Thatcher 172. Third Way 173. Trades Union Congress (TUC) 174. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 175. Vote of no confidence Chapter 8 Nondemocratic Regimes 176. Authoritarianism 177. Bureaucratic authoritarianism 178. Clientilism 179. Corporatism 180. Illiberal/Hybrid regime 181. Kleptocracy 182. Nondemocratic regime 183. Patrimonialism 184. Populism 185. Resource trap 186. Totalitarianism Chapter 9 Communism and Postcommunism 187. Base 188. Bourgeoisie 189. Central Committee 190. Central planning 191. Communism 192. Dialectical materialism 193. Glasnost 194. Nomenklatura 195. Party- state 196. Perestroika 197. Politburo 198. Proletariat 199. Shock therapy 200. Superstructure 201. Vanguard of the proletariat 3 Case 2 Russia 202. Asymmetric federalism 203. Caucasus 204. Chechnya 205. Cheka 206. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 207. Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 208. Constitutional Court 209. Duma 210. Eurasian Economic Union 211. Federal Security Service 212. Federation Council 213. Glasnost 214. Insider privatization 215. Just Russia 216. KGB 217. Mikhail Khodorkovsky 218. Kremlin 219. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) 220. Nomenklatura 221. Oligarchs 222. Orthodox Christianity 223. Parties of power 224. Perestroika 225. Politburo 226. Vladimir Putin 227. Rus 228. Shock therapy 229. Siloviki 230. Soviets 231. Tsar 232. United Russia 233. Yabloko 234. Boris Yeltsin Case 3 China 235. Beijing consensus 236. Xilai Bo 237. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 238. Chinese Dream 239. Confucianism 240. Cultural Revolution 241. Danwei (work unit) system

4 242. Deng Xiaoping 243. Elitists 244. Falun Gong 245. Floating population 246. Great Leap Forward 247. Harmonious society 248. Household responsibility system 249. Hu Jintao 250. Hukou (household registration) system 251. Hundred Flowers Campaign 252. Iron rice bowl 253. Jiang Zemin 254. Kuomintang (KMT) 255. Keqiang Li 256. Long March 257. Mao Zedong 258. May Fourth Movement 259. National Party Congress 260. National People s Congress 261. One country, two systems 262. People s Liberation Army (PLA) 263. Populists 264. Red capitalists 265. Red Guards 266. Reds versus experts 267. Reform and opening 268. Special economic zones 269. Yat- sen Sun 270. Three Represents 271. Tiananmen Square 272. Jinping Xi Chapter 10 Developing Countries 273. Colonialism 274. Developing countries 275. Empire 276. Export- oriented industrialization 277. Imperialism 278. Import substitution 279. Informal economy 280. Lower income countries 281. Microcredit 282. Middle income countries 283. Middle income trap 284. Neocolonialism Neoliberalism/structural adjustment programs/the Washington consensus Case 4 Iran 286. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 287. Ashura 288. Assembly of Experts 289. Ayatollah 290. Basij 291. Bonyads 292. Chief justice 293. Expediency Council 294. Farsi 295. Guardian Council 296. Imams 297. Iran- Iraq War 298. Islamic Republic of Iran 299. Islamism/Islamic fundamentalism 300. Ali Khamenei 301. Mohammad Khatami 302. Ruhollah Khomenei 303. Koran 304. Mahdi 305. Majlis 306. Mohammad Mosaddeq 307. Muhammad 308. National Front 309. Operation Ajax 310. Reza Shah Pahlavi 311. Persia 312. President 313. Quietist 314. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 315. Revolutionary Guard 316. Hassan Rouhani 317. SAVAK 318. Second Khordad Front 319. Sharia 320. Shiism 321. Supreme leader 322. Theocracy 323. Ummah 324. Velayat- e- faqih 325. White Revolution

5 Case 5- - Mexico 326. Bracero Program 327. Caciques 328. Felipe Calderon 329. Camarillas 330. Lazaro Cardenas 331. Venustiano Carranza 332. Caudillos 333. Chamber of Deputies 334. Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) 335. Constitution of Hernan Cortes 337. Criollos 338. Cuauhtémoc 339. Porfirio Diaz 340. Federal Electoral Institute 341. Vicente Fox 342. Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) 343. Import substitution industrialization (ISI) 344. Informal sector 345. Benito Juarez 346. Francisco Labastida 347. Latifundistas 348. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 349. Jose Lopez Portillo 350. Francisco Madero 351. Maquiladoras 352. Maya 353. Mestizos 354. Mexican- American War 355. Mexican miracle 356. Mexican Revolution 357. Mexico s War of Independence 358. Municipios 359. Nahuatl 360. National Congress 361. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 362. Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) 363. Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD) 364. Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) 365. Patron- client relationships 366. PEMEX Enrique Pena Nieto 368. San Andres Peace Accords 369. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna 370. Secretary of Government 371. Secretary of the Treasury 372. Senate 373. Supreme Court 374. Televisa 375. Francisco (Pancho) Villa 376. War of the Castes 377. Emiliano Zapata 378. Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) 379. Ernesto Zedillo Case 6- - Nigeria 380. Sani Abacha 381. All Progressives Congress (APC) 382. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe 383. Ibrahim Babangida 384. Boko Haram 385. Muhammadu Buhari 386. Derivation formula 387. Federal character principle 388. First Republic 389. Fourth Republic 390. Fulani 391. Hausa 392. House of Representatives 393. Igbo (Ibo) 394. Goodluck Jonathan 395. Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) 396. Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) 397. National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) 398. Niger Delta 399. Olusegun Obasanjo 400. Patrimonialism 401. People s Democratic Party (PDP) 402. Republic of Biafra 403. Resource curse 404. Ken Sato- Wiwa 405. Scramble for Africa

6 406. Second Republic 407. Sharia 408. Sokoto Caliphate 409. Third Republic 410. Umaru Yar Adua 411. Yoruba 412. Zoning 6

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