AP Comparative Government

Essential Learner Outcomes

SO.APCG.1 - The students will compare the concepts of state, nation, regime, and government through discussions about legitimacy, authority, and bases of political power.

SO.APCG.2 - The students will examine the preconditions, processes and outcomes of transition to democracy and reflect on conditions that lead to breakdowns of authoritarian regimes.

SO.APCG.3 - The students will explain the relationship between sources of authority, political power, and governance.

SO.APCG.4 - The students will analyze the political culture, core values, and beliefs of countries and how these values are fostered and disseminated through the process of political socialization.

SO.APCG.5 - Characterize the advantages and drawbacks of different institutional arrangements and understand how executive and legislative policymakers interact with other branches of the state apparatus.

SO.APCG.6 - Understand how political elites are recruited and how political preferences are aggregated

SO.APCG.7 - The students will explore ways in which states manage and respond to deeply held divisions among their citizens.

SO.APCG.8 - The students will describe the ways in which political participation can both support and undermine a political system.

SO.APCG.9 - The students will explain basic economic policies and the interaction between domestic economic reforms and their political effects.

SO.APCG.10 - The students will conceptualize political problems and the practice of politics in the different countries.