Comparative Government: Important Definitions

Directions (1) Define each key concept. (2) Give one country specific example for each concept. Note: some of these concepts are not in your textbook! For definitions of these please refer to your classroom notes.

1. Normative Questions 27. Illiberal Democracy

2. Empirical Questions 28. Democratization

3. Correlation 29. Authoritarian

4. Causation 30. Totalitarianism

5. Institutions of government 31. Hybrid Regime

6. Politics 32. Marxism/Communism

7. State 33. Socialist/Welfare State

8. Unitary State 34. Democratic Centralism

9. Federal State 35. Revolution

10. Rentier State 36. Corporatism

11. Nation 37. Cooptation

12. Country 38. Theocracy

13. Regime 39. Political Ideology

14. Government 40. Liberal

15. Sovereignty 41. Conservatism

16. Devolution 42. Libertarian

17. Political Culture 43. Radical

18. Legitimacy 44. Reactionary

19. Traditional Legitimacy 45. Nationalism

20. Charismatic Legitimacy 46. Proportional Representation

21. Rational-legal Legitimacy 47. First Past the Post/Single Member District

22. Political Cleavage 48. Political Economy

23. Crosscutting Cleavages 49. Developed Countries

24. Coinciding Cleavages 50. Developing Countries

25. Democracy 51. Under-developed Countries

26. Liberal Democracy 52. GDP 53. PPP 71. Interest group

54. Gini Index 72. NGOs

55. HDI 73. Clientelism

56. Globalization 74. Prebendalism

57. Linkage institution 75. Judicial review

58. Supranational organization 76. Legislature

59. Command Economy 77. Bicameral

60. Market Economy 78. Unicameral

61. Economic Liberalization 79. Head of government

62. Privatization 80. Head of state

63. Neoliberal Economic Reforms 81. Parliamentary system

64. Structural Adjustment 82. Presidential system

65. ISI 83. Semi-Presidential System

66. NAFTA 84. Bureaucracy

67. WTO 85. Referendum

68. Transparency 86. Rule of law

69. Civil service 87. Technocrat

70. Civil society