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How a community structures its political actions, including institutions, rules, election methods, and governmental functions.

The solutions and decisions resulting from the political process. Policies are the end product of political action.

Actions taken by government institutions to address social or public problems.

Politics as a communal activity for resolving disagreements and conflicts among groups within a community.

The ability to influence others and control resources

Stable structures used to organize political action, such as the legislature, executive, and judiciary.

The well-being of society as a whole, aiming for social order and balance.

The use of power to enforce rules, legally authorized and accepted by the community.

Attendance is not mandatory for this course.

First partial exam, 40% of the total grade, revaluable, minimum score 5, topics 1-4, 20 test questions.

20% of the total grade, group project (3 people), not revaluable. Deliver the topic and participants by 7-10, deliver the final project by 20-12.

Politics is a continuous sequence of events and interactions among citizens, organizations, and governments.

A framework for understanding how political systems are structured and organized.

The state's exclusive right to use physical force to maintain order.

Second partial exam, 40% of the total grade, revaluable, minimum score 5, topics 5-9, 20 test questions.

Evaluations in the course covering different topics.

The variable we want to understand or explain. It's the effect or outcome influenced by other variables.

The variable that influences or causes changes in the dependent variable. It's the explanatory or causal factor.

Variables that lie between the independent and dependent variables.

Variables that change in the same direction (both increase or decrease together).

Variables that change in opposite directions (one increases, the other decreases).

A relationship between two or more variables where they tend to change simultaneously.

One variable actually causing a change in another.

Correlation shows a relationship, while causation demonstrates a cause-and-effect link.

A generalization explaining or predicting relationships between variables, scientifically or otherwise.

A theory aiming to explain why something happens, often including cause-and-effect relationships.

A testable assumption or statement about a presumed relationship between variables.

A hypothesis only describing facts, not explaining why they happen.

A hypothesis proposing cause-and-effect between variables, requiring empirical testing.

Measurable factors involved in a hypothesis, including dependent and independent variables.

A process requiring defining key concepts, identifying variables, predicting outcomes, collecting data, and drawing conclusions.

A hypothesis claiming economic crises lead to public opinion shifts towards the left.

Authority can be legal (following rules) but not legitimate (not trusted or fair).

State's independence from public influence.

State intervention in the economy and society for societal well-being.

State plays a role in regulating the market and providing social services (healthcare, education).

Intervene in the economy & create social welfare policies.

Ensure fair opportunities and social rights for all.

Dictatorship; the state has complete control.

State decisions pressured by powerful groups.

A particular approach or method to scientific research, a specific framework within a scientific discipline.

Sets of theories and practices that define a political science discipline at a specific time.

Research that studies measurable phenomena, typically using numerical data and statistical methods.

Research that studies and explains events, ideas, and processes that cannot easily be quantified.

The right to govern, and the obligation of the governed to obey; a recognized right to govern.

Belief in the fairness, justice, and goodness of government actions and laws.

Decisions accepted as binding because they're made in the common interest and by established procedures.

Paradigms analyze variations in the same phenomenon. This analysis helps political scientists to understand differences between ways of examining the same subject.