Defining Key Terms

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As with the section above, this is similar to the second section in GOVT 2305. It is intended to ensure that you have fluency with the basic terms of government, and as with the previous section, it is oriented toward basic terms that apply to state and local governance. Having familiarity with these should help you understand the basic concepts that the rest of the material builds upon.

For past blog posts on related subject matter:

- Authoritarianism.
- Autocracy.
- Constitutions.
- Democracy.
- Direct Democracy.
- Ideology.
- Interest Groups.
- Oligarcy.
- Plutocracy.
- Political Parties.
- The Media.
- Totalitarianism.