AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
1.2 Defining Political Organizations
Notes
- State: sovereign political unit with territory and government. Nation: people with shared identity. Regime: the rules and norms of governing. Government: the people in charge now.
Practice
A regime refers to:
More durable than a government.
A nation is:
People.
Governments change more often than:
Regimes are more lasting.
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