What a research question is trying to explain.

A type of authoritarian regime in which power is hereditary and all come from the same royal family.

An electoral system in which the country is divided into geographic areas and one legislator is elected from each.

A removal of a leader from power by a small segment of elites.

The former British Prime Minister known as the "Iron Lady"

A political entity that exercises "a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory."

An ideology that values tradition, authority, and property, while also believing in the limitations of human nature.

The division of power between central and local governments.

The argument that democracies do not fight each other in interstate wars.

The dominant party in South Africa, considered responsible for ending apartheid in the 1990s.

A characteristic of a state which involves its ability to gather information on people or groups in its territory.

A characteristic of democracy in which voters have a meaningful choice over alternatives.

A type of legislature which chooses the executive (head of government) from within its own ranks.

A measurement of development that considers social outcomes and quality of life, including education, literacy, and health.

The year the Berlin Wall fell, following a series of mass protests in East Germany.

A type of research question that explains what is, rather than what ought to be.

Something a state provides that is not excludable or rivalrous, such as a highway system or national defense.

A legislative arrangement in which two, non-extreme parties together have a majority of seats and agree to work together, including sharing ministries.

The process by which democratically-elected incumbents initiate democratic breakdown, sometimes gradually.

The breakaway region currently under dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The process by which researchers take a concept and describe the ways in which it could be measured empirically.

A type of liberalism which tends to emphasize the importance of limited state interference in markets and the protection of civil liberties.

An argument which states that, in winner-take-all elections with two parties, candidates will choose policies which appeal to moderate voters?

The strategy of authoritarian survival in which dictators try to invest potential threats in the fate of the regime, keeping them loyal in times of crisis.

Popular name for China's series of restrictions on internet activity, including access to many foreign websites.