POL218Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: North American Free Trade Agreement, Arab Spring, Comparative Politics

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Choose 5 from a shorter list of concepts provided. Offer: a brief and clear definition of each one and the concepts you have choosen, a few lines about the relevance and utility of each concept for the study of. A state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state structure. A term used to describe the british style of colonialism in nigeria and india in which local traditional rulers and political structures were used to help support the colonial governing structure. Freedom house scores/ freedom in the world rating. The process of a state moving from an authoritarian to democratic political system. Ethnic conflict is defined as any episode of sustained violent conflict in which national, ethnic, and religious or other communal minorities challenge governments to seek major changes in status. Democracy definition: the idea of a government that represents the common people of the community, in which a society is characterized by equality of rights.