AP®︎ Comparative Government: Topic 1.6 Flashcards

The ability to make others act according to one’s preferences through incentives, institutional control, or coercion

The recognized right to exercise power

A state’s independent legal authority over its population and territory without external interference

Replacement of political officeholders while the regime’s fundamental rules and institutions remain intact

Replacement of the fundamental rules and institutions governing access to and exercise of political power

A sudden seizure of governmental power by a small group, usually military officers or political elites; it becomes regime change only if fundamental rules and institutions are replaced

A broad, mass-supported effort to transform the political system and create a new political order

A mass-supported revolution that abolished the Pahlavi monarchy and created an Islamic republic combining elected institutions with clerical oversight

An elite-led military seizure that displaced First Republic civilian constitutional government with military rule, changing both government and regime

Successive electoral reforms weakened PRI dominance and expanded genuine competition, culminating in PAN candidate Vicente Fox’s 2000 presidential victory

The current institutions and officeholders legally empowered to make binding decisions for the state

Rapid displacement or collapse of an existing political order over a relatively short period

Cumulative reforms that gradually transform a regime’s fundamental rules and institutions