AP Comparative Government and Politics Lessons

Party/Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations

Electoral Systems and Rules

Impact of Social Movements and Interest Groups

Objectives of Election Rules

Pluralist and Corporatist Interests

Political Party Systems

Role of Political Party Systems

Political and Economic Changes and Development

Adaptation of Social Policies

Causes and Effects of Demographic Change

Challenges from Globalization

Impact of Global Economic and Technological Forces

Impact of Industrialization and Economic Development

Impact of Natural Resources

International and Supranational Organizations

Policies and Economic Liberalization

Political Responses to Global Market Forces

Political Culture and Participation

Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Civil Society

Forces that Impact Political Participation

Nature and Role of Political Participation

Political and Social Cleavages

Political Culture

Political Ideologies

Political Values and Beliefs

Political Institutions

Comparing Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems

Executive Systems

Executive Term Limits

Independent Judiciaries

Independent Legislatures

Judicial Systems

Legislative Systems

Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems

Removal of Executives

Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments

Change in Power and Authority

Defining Political Organizations

Democracy v. Authoritarianism

Democratization

Federal and Unitary Systems

Political Legitimacy

Political Stability

Sources of Power and Authority

Sustaining Legitimacy

The Practice of Political Scientists