Structure and Function
Comparative approach
States Category
Postindustrial
vs
Pre-industrial
Potpourri
100
An organized political Unit
What is a Polity
100
An organism interacts with an environment, influencing and being influenced by many internal parts
What is ecological concept
100
Organized geographical body that possesses political idea the transmits inputs to outputs
What is All States
100
Developed, lesser developed nations
What is Postindustrial nations
100
Nation with the lowest life expectancy
Russia
200
The legislative branch is an example of this process
What is Interest Articulation
200
Enables researchers to develop explanation and test theories
What is advantage of comparative approach
200
The value of a country's annual production of goods and services
What is GNP
200
35:1
What is National income of the wealthiest postindustrial to developing (pre-industrial) per capita
200
The degree to which a political system is accepted by its citizens
What is Legitimacy
300
This is the government influences of the masses for it's support
What is Politicalization
300
A logical step in comparing modern political systems
What is classifying and grouping, descriptions of institutions and process, searching behavior patterns, understanding how political elites are elected
300
Challenges to nearly all nation-states
What are Modern weapons global economic interdependence internationalization of communication media
300
Problem of Quality of life
What is Postindustrial
300
Idea of Equal distribution of income
What is Socialist ideaology
400
These four are examples of political "structures"
What are: Political parties Bureaucratic agencies Parliament Courts
400
Decreases the likelihood of reaching quick and biased political judgement
What is ecological perspective
400
Characterizes the economic and political trend of nearly all nations
What is international political and economic dependence
400
period of the largest increase in independent nations
What is since 1945
400
Percentage of "states" that have joined the world arena in the past 50 yrs
What is over 50%
500
These are included in process of function
What are interest Articulation interest aggregation Adjudication
500
The changing role of the legislative branch in Russia and China post war Europe
What is an example of comparative case study
500
Needed for a government to survive in the 21st century
What is positive state of mind of masses, promote legitimacy
500
Adaptations of the existing and widely accepted government institutions
What is postindustrial
500
Distinct political trends
What is Democratization, decentralization, regionalization, globalization
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