Key terms

comparative politics

 Comparative method 

correlation vs causation

State

 Sovereignty

 State-building

 neo-patrimonialism

 bureaucratic-rational state.

state building

 fragile state

 Sovereignty.

Nation

 Nationalism

 ethnic nationalism

 civic nationalism

 Self-determination

 secession

 irredentism.

Collective Action

 Social Movement

Civil Society

Non-Violent Protests

 Social Media

Democracy

 liberal democracy

 electoral democracy

 Democratization

 modernization theory.

parliamentary system

 Presidentialism

 Semi-presidentialism

 single-member district

proportional representation

 runoff elections.

Authoritarianism

 Totalitarianism

 resource curse

 competitive authoritarianism

democratic backsliding

third wave of autocratization

 executive takeover

 Polarization.

public goods

 economic liberalism

 communism (state socialism)

 social democracy

state-led development

 state capitalism

 Neo-liberalism

 Post-neoliberalism

 welfare state

inequality.

Colonialism

 dependent development

resource curse

import substitution industrialization

 inclusive institutions.

political globalization

 economic globalization

 societal globalization

 de-globalization