Specification points
College Board AP Comparative Government and Politics comparative-government-and-politics
90 points in 5 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
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1 Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
- 1.1 The Practice of Political Scientists
- MPA-1.A How political scientists build and communicate knowledge
- 1.2 Defining Political Organizations
- PAU-1.A Regimes, states, nations and governments
- 1.3 Democracy vs. Authoritarianism
- PAU-1.B Democracy and authoritarianism
- 1.4 Democratization
- PAU-1.C Democratisation
- 1.5 Sources of Power and Authority
- PAU-1.D Sources of power and authority
- 1.6 Change in Power and Authority
- 1.7 Federal and Unitary Systems
- PAU-2.A Federal and unitary systems
- 1.8 Political Legitimacy
- LEG-1.A Sources of political legitimacy
- 1.9 Sustaining Legitimacy
- LEG-1.B How governments maintain legitimacy
- 1.10 Political Stability
- LEG-1.C Internal actors and state stability
2 Political Institutions
- 2.1 Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems
- PAU-3.A Parliamentary, presidential and semi-presidential systems
- 2.2 Comparing Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems
- PAU-3.B Comparing institutional relations across systems
- 2.3 Executive Systems
- PAU-3.C Executive leadership
- 2.4 Executive Term Limits
- 2.5 Removal of Executives
- PAU-3.D Removal of executive leaders
- 2.6 Legislative Systems
- PAU-3.E Legislative structures and functions
- 2.7 Independent Legislatures
- PAU-3.F Constraints on legislative power
- 2.8 Judicial Systems
- PAU-3.G Structure and functions of judiciaries
- 2.9 Independent Judiciaries
- PAU-3.H Importance of independent judiciaries
3 Political Culture and Participation
- 3.1 Civil Society
- IEF-1.A Civil society
- IEF-1.B The role of civil society
- 3.2 Political Culture
- IEF-1.C Political culture, citizen behaviour and the state
- 3.3 Political Ideologies
- 3.4 Political Values and Beliefs
- IEF-1.D Political values, beliefs and policy choices
- 3.5 Nature and Role of Political Participation
- DEM-1.A Political participation and regime authority
- 3.6 Forces that Impact Political Participation
- DEM-1.B Participation in democratic and authoritarian regimes
- 3.7 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- DEM-1.C Protection of civil rights and liberties
- 3.8 Political and Social Cleavages
- LEG-2.A Social cleavages
- LEG-2.B Cleavages, citizen relationships and stability
- 3.9 Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages
4 Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations
- 4.1 Electoral Systems and Rules
- DEM-2.A Electoral systems and rules
- 4.2 Objectives of Election Rules
- DEM-2.B Election rules and regime objectives
- 4.3 Political Party Systems
- PAU-4.A Party systems and party membership
- 4.4 Role of Political Party Systems
- PAU-4.B Parties linking participation to policy making
- 4.5 Impact of Social Movements and Interest Groups
- IEF-2.A Social movements, interest groups and change
- 4.6 Pluralist and Corporatist Interests
- IEF-2.B Pluralist and corporatist interest group systems
5 Political and Economic Changes and Development
- 5.1 Impact of Global Economic and Technological Forces
- IEF-3.A Global economic and technological forces
- 5.2 Political Responses to Global Market Forces
- IEF-3.B Political responses to global market forces
- 5.3 Challenges from Globalization
- IEF-3.C Globalisation and regime sovereignty
- 5.4 Policies and Economic Liberalization
- IEF-3.D Economic and political liberalisation
- IEF-3.E Consequences of economic liberalisation
- 5.5 International and Supranational Organizations
- LEG-3.A International organisations and national sovereignty
- 5.6 Adaptation of Social Policies
- LEG-3.B Adapting social policies to change
- 5.7 Impact of Industrialization and Economic Development
- LEG-3.C Industrialisation and policy change
- 5.8 Causes and Effects of Demographic Change
- LEG-4.A Political causes and effects of demographic change
- 5.9 Impact of Natural Resources
- LEG-5.A Natural resources and development