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Class: PSCI - Comparative Politics; Subject: Political Science; University: Lord Fairfax Community College; Term: Forever 1989;
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A form of regime associated with "rule by the people: that signifies rights and liberties for citizens, including political rights to participate in elections and civil liberties such as freedom of speech. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Rights of individuals to participate in political life, including the right to political speech, the right to vote, and the right to join political associations. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Rights of individuals to participate in civic life, including freedoms of assembly, speech, access to information, and equal access to institution, among others. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 A form or type of governmental system, with an emphasis on institutions and rules. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 A regime with predominantly democratic institutions, including basic civil rights and regular, free elections.
A of democracy, contrasted with a substantive definition, that emphasizes the minimal standards, procedures, or rules that a country should have in place to govern political life. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 A conception of democracy, contrasted with a procedural definition, that views a polity's democratic status as dependent on the satisfaction of certain substantive ends, such as the extension of broad rights or the reduction of income inequality. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Any major change of regime type, including democratization, democratic breakdown, or certain types of authoritarian persistence in which one type of authoritarian regime gives way to another. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 The form of a political regime, such as democratic versus authoritarian, as well as subtypes, such as personalistic dictatorships or totalitarian regimes. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 The process of a regime becoming more democratic, including both democratic transition and democratic consolidation.
A conception of democracy in which politicians and institutions are understood to represent the electorate, who nevertheless can constrain their behavior through periodic elections and other forms of participation. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 A democracy in which at least two parties compete for power. TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 A popular vote on a specific issue. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 A conception of democracy that places great emphasis on direct citizen involvement in politics, especially involving plebiscites and/or citizen assemblies. TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 The process through which a nondemocratic regime becomes democratic.
The process through which, after a transition from authoritarianism, a polity strengthens its democracy. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 A theory that traces democracy to broad social changes, especially economic development and the changes that accompany it.