McCormick - Cases - Chapter 1

The systematic study of the institutions, processes, personality, and performance of government and politics in different societies so as to better understand each of them.

The sum of a society’s values, beliefs, customs, and norms regarding government and politics.

The process by which the political, economic, social, and cultural links between and among states become integrated through cooperation, trade, travel, communications, media, investment, market forces, and technology.

A legal and political entity based on the administration of a sovereign territory.

A mainly cultural and historical concept describing a group of people who identify with one another based on a shared history, culture, language, and myths.

The institutions and structures through which societies are governed.

The process by which people decide – or have others decide for them – how to manage and share the resources of the society in which they live.

The ability to act, or to exert authority and control over others.

The commodities or services whose provision is widely considered the primary purpose of government.

An instance or example of a phenomenon that is used to illustrate a broader set of arguments or principles, or to narrow a broad field of research into more manageable quantities.

The process by which different cases are compared in order to better understand their qualities, and to develop hypotheses, theories, and concepts.

A changeable feature, factor, quantity, or element.

An approach to research that seeks to understand underlying reasons, motivations and trends, often using direct observation of a limited number of cases.

An approach to research based on the generation and use of numerical data, with an emphasis on quantifying patterns and trends in behaviour, often using many cases.

An approach to research based on studying cases from the past, an approach that increases the number of possible cases and can help improve predictions.