AP®︎ Comparative Government: Topic 1.2 Flashcards

The laws, ideas, and procedures that determine who should rule and the proper scope of government influence over people and the economy

An enduring sovereign political organization with a permanent population, governing institutions, control over a defined territory, and international recognition

A state's independent legal authority to govern its population and territory without being subordinate to outside governing authority

The enduring fundamental rules that determine access to political power and how that power may be exercised

A regime with meaningful mechanisms for citizens to participate in selecting and constraining rulers

A regime that concentrates or restricts access to political power and limits meaningful competition or citizen control

The institutions or individuals legally empowered to make binding decisions for a state

A community of people connected by a perceived shared identity, history, and aspirations rather than by sovereign jurisdiction

A sovereign state whose political boundaries broadly correspond to a nation

A sovereign state containing multiple national or strongly differentiated identity communities

A nation that does not possess an independent sovereign state of its own