Status given to individuals by the state that confers specific rights to the individual, such sa the right to vote in elections.

Divisions among people in a society causing conflicts over control of government and policymaking.

Social divisions that tend to run in the same direction, dividing societies along the same fault line repeatedly and creating more intense political conflict between groups.

A political ideology asserting that liberty and equality can be achieved only through fundamental economic equality of all people via state ownership of property.

A political attitude that prefers the status quo to change, especially fast-paced change

Social divisions that tend to run in multiple directions and therefore reduce the overall intensity of each political conflict.

The process of consolidating and institutionalizing processes that make a regime more subject to be accountable to the public.

A sense of belonging to a social group with a common cultural traditions, languages, beliefs, or other factors.

A political ideology that rejects the notions of liberty and equality as worthwhile values and exalts the state, nation, or racial group as supreme over individual rights.

The process of expanding interaction between individuals, businesses, and governments across borders worldwide, stemming from changes in technology, economics, transportation, and the exchange of ideas.

A political attitude that embraces political change through the existing political institutions and their reform rather than through radical transformation or revolution.

The progression of societies away from traditional values and institutions toward rational processes and technological development

A group of people united by a common political identity, usually the desire for self-rule or political autonomy, and commonly united by ethnicity, language, religion, and more.

A sense of pride in national identity that carries political implications, such as the desire for self-rule.

A sense of pride in the state

An individual's perspective on the acceptable level and pace of political change

Norms, values, and expectations held by the public and elites about how the competition for and the wielding of political power should function.

Beliefs about what the fundamental goals of politics and public policy should be.

A political attitude that seeks to make rapid changes, potentially including regime change and the abolition of existing political institutions to create new ones.

A political attitude that seeks to restore value systems and political institutions of the past, potentially including regime change.

A political ideology that seeks to balance the values of liberty and equality by integrating market economic principles while using the state to provide some economic security.

A political ideology that seeks to balance the values of liberty and equality by integrating market economic principles while using the state to provide some economic security.