Comp. Politics
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- political activity seen as an interrelated system in which inputs stemming from demands and support from individuals and groups lead to outputs or policies and a continuing feedback process
- systems theory
- political systems understood as requiring similar functions performed by political structures of different kinds
- structural functionalism
- use of rigorous methods in concept formation and quantitative testing
- behavioralism
- individuals and groups seen as maximizing rational utility in politics
- rational choice
- detailed or "thick" description and comparison of political institutions
- institutional analysis
- comparing political variables across countries in different settings and different times
- statistical analysis
- ongoing process of modernization viewed in different ways
- political development
- developing countries, especially in Latin America, explained by dependence on actions of advanced industrial countries
- dependency theory
- attitudes of citizens to politics and political personalities
- political culture
- divisions resulting from differences in class, religion, ethnicity, territory, nationality, tribe
- political cleavages
- impact of international factors, information, and communications developments on political action
- globalization
- participatory way and non-participatory- whether people involved in government or not
- political culture
- how well developed institutions are in the country
- political development
- political party that represents traditional interests
- traditional party
- political party that represents people who make up tat party
- representative party
- political party that is revolutionary. Tries to mobilize people for a certain task
- mobilizing party