Comparative Principles

5. people with a common sense of identity who often share the same language, culture, or religion
7. approach based on facts, experience, and observation
10. governmental institutions and laws
11. political ___________: views and attitudes that people hold of the state, government, and each other
15. method emphasizing one or more cases with an emphasis on values, behavior, and context
16. recognition that a government has the right to rule

1. method by which different cases are compared in order to better understand their qualities and to develop concepts
2. method based on studying cases from the past
3. ability to govern and make decisions without interference from external actors
4. most ________: method which explains a key similarity between two or more dissimilar political systems
6. method based on the study of a particular country and the context in which it exists
8. approach based on what should happen
9. method emphasizing numbers for data collection, and statistical analysis
12. social ___________: categories that people fall into within one society
13. the process by which people negotiate and compete in making and executing collective decisions
14. most ________: method which explains a key difference between two or more similar political systems