Chapter 2 vocabulary

2. a form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms that regulates the operation of a government or institution and its interaction with society.
4. States A state that is generally capable of providing adequate political goods to its citizens.
7. Legitimacy This is when rule is based on law and certain amount of procedures
8. States a government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
9. A system of government through which political authority is divided and shared between the national, and state and local government
13. It is the ability to rule absolutely within a territory. The principle of sovereignty means that all states are considered equal to each other and no state may interfere in the affairs of another state.
14. The maximum rate of output of a process or a system
15. a permanent population, a defined territory, governing institutions, sovereignty, international recognition.
17. State A state or country that has failed at providing basic conditions for the country.

1. legitimacy when a government bases their rule on ideological beliefs or tradition.
3. legitimacy This is when rule is based on the personality of an individual or group
5. A state is a body of people living in a defined space, with the power to make or enforce laws, and with the organization to do this
6. The right to rule as determined by a country's citizens
10. the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states
11. Expression of independence; individual's capacity to behave on their own.
12. It is the organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state.
16. States A state that only partially provides adequate political goods to its citizens.