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**Political Culture and Development **
Key Events in Political Development (Choose three you think are most significant, influential and explain in 1-2 sentences)

 Characteristics of Political Culture (Choose the three you think are most significant, influential and explain in 1-2 sentences)

 Sources of Political Legitimacy

====** Political Participation ** ==== Type of Party System

 Major Political Parties (Identify the major parties, briefly describe their platforms, indicating where they fall on the political spectrum - Centrist, Right of Center, Left of Center, Far Right, Far Left)

 Result of last elections (executive and legislative branches)

 Interest Groups

 Existing political cleavages

**Political Structures** __**Division of power**__  Federal or unitary (provide explanation if necessary)

 __**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Executive branch **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Recruitment/electoral system

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Structure

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Functions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Current executive

__<span style="background-color: #f0dbf0; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Legislative branch ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Electoral system

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Structure

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Functions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**Judicial branch**__ (Are courts independent/have power of judicial review?)