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Concept
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An idea, term, or category.
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Political science
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The study of the theory and practice of government and politics, focusing on the structure and dynamics of institutions, political processes, and political behaviour.
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Social science
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The study of human society and of the structured interactions among people within society.
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Government
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The institutions and structures through which societies are governed.
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Institution
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A formal organization or practice with a political purpose or effect, marked by durability and internal complexity.
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Political system
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The interactions and organizations through which a society reaches and successfully enforces collective decisions. See also discussion in Chapter 4 about regimes.
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Governance
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The process by which decisions, laws, and policies are made, with or without the input of formal institutions.
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Politics
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The process by which people negotiate and compete in the process of making and executing shared or collective decisions.
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Power
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The capacity to bring about intended effects. The term is often used as a synonym for influence, but is also used more narrowly to refer to more forceful modes of influence notably, getting one’s way by threats.
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Authority
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The right to rule. Authority creates its own power, so long as people accept that the person in authority has the right to make decisions.
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Legitimacy
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The condition of being legitimate. A legitimate system of government is one based on authority, and those subject to its rule recognize its right to make decisions.
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Ideology
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A system of connected beliefs, a shared view of the world, or a blueprint for how politics, economics, and society should be structured.
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Comparative politics
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The systematic study of government and politics in different countries, designed to better understand them by drawing out their contrasts and similarities.
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Typology
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A system of classification by which states, institutions, processes, political cultures, and so on are divided into groups or types with common sets of attributes.
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Three Worlds system
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A political typology that divided the world along ideological lines, with states labelled according to the side they took in the Cold War.
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