🗳️AP Comparative Government
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🗳️AP Comparative Government
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Unit 1 – Political Systems and Government Types

1.10 Political Stability

1.1 The Practice of Political Scientists

1.2 Defining Political Institutions

1.3 Democracy vs. Authoritarianism

1.4 Democratization

1.5 Sources of and Changes in Power and Authority

1.7 Federal and Unitary Systems

1.8 Political Legitimacy

1.9 Unit 1 - Sustaining Legitimacy

Unit 2 – Political Institutions

2.1 Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems

2.2 Comparing Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems

2.3 Executive Systems

2.4 Executive Term Limits

2.5 Removal of Executives

2.6 Legislative Systems

2.7 Independent Legislatures

2.8 Judicial Systems

2.9 Independent Judiciaries

Unit 3 – Political Culture & Participation

3.1 Civil Society

3.2 Political Culture

3.3 Political Ideologies

3.4 Political Beliefs and Values

3.5 Nature and Role of Political Participation

3.6 Forces that Impact Political Participation

3.7 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

3.8 Political and Social Cleavages

3.9 Challenges of Political and Social Cleavages

Unit 4 – Party Systems & Electoral Participation

4.1 Unit 4 - Electoral Systems and Rules

4.2 Objectives of Election Rules 📰

4.3 What are Political Party Systems?

4.4 Understanding the Role of Political Party Systems

4.5 Impact of Social Movement and Interest Groups on Governments

4.6 Pluralist and Corporatist Interests in Government

Unit 5 – Political & Economic Change in Development

5.1 Impact of Global Economic and Technological Forces

5.2 Political Responses to Global Market Forces

5.3 Challenges from Globalization

5.4 Policies and Economic Liberalization

5.5 International and Supranational Organizations

5.6 Adaptation of Social Policies

5.7 Impact of Industrialization and Economic Development

5.8 Causes and Effects of Demographic Change

5.9 Impact of Natural Resources

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