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AP Comparative Government: Political Systems, Regimes and Governments (1)

Ideologies

LibGuide page on political ideologies

1.1 Practice of Political Scientists

1.2 Defining Political Organizations

CIA World Factbook

1.3 Democracy v. Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism (ABC-Clio)
Democracy/Authoritarian Political Cartoon
Throughline Podcast: What History Says About the Future of Autocracy
Masha Gessen on Hannah Arendt
Visualizing the State of Democracy, by Country

1.4 Democratization

Democratization from ABC-Clio

1.5/1.6 Power and Authority

Masha Gessen on Recognizing an Autocrat
A WNYC podcast with Masha Gessen about the book Surviving Autocracy

1.7 Federal & Unitary Systems

Nigeria is a unitary state and not a federation

1.8/1.9 Legitimacy

Parade's End
An article about legitimacy from The Economist

Transparency International

1.10 Political Stability

Sovereignty

Quantitative Resources