Across
- 2. ability of a state to carry out actions or policies within a territory independently from external actors or internal rivals
- 6. ability of the state to wield power to carry out basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy
- 7. legitimacy built on the force of ideas embodied by an individual leader
- 8. ability of the state to wield its power independently of the public
- 11. term used to refer to state, government, regime, and the people who live within that political system
- 12. state so weak that its political structures collapse, leading to anarchy and violence
- 14. legitimacy based on system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized
- 15. value whereby an institution is accepted by the public as right and proper, thus giving it authority and power
- 16. organization that maintains a monopoly of force over a given territory
- 17. leadership or elite in charge of running the state
Down
- 1. state that is able to fulfill basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy
- 3. Legitimacy that accepts aspects of politics because they have been institutionalized over a long period of time
- 4. system in which significant state powers, such a taxation, lawmaking, and security, are devolved to regional or local bodies
- 5. state that has difficulty fulfilling basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy
- 9. state in which most political power exists at the national level, with limited local authority
- 10. process in which political power is "sent down" to lower levels of state and government
- 13. fundamental rules and norms of politics, embodying long-term goals regarding individual freedom and collective equality, where power should reside, and the use of that power