Political environment encompasses a broad set of concepts, including those related to "National culture," "Electoral systems," "Democratization" and various forms of democracy, "Governmental structure," and other aspects of the "Political system."
Democratization	Participatory Democracy Representative Democracy Pluralist Democracy Majoritarian Democracy Party Government
Electoral Systems --	proportional systems	- party list - mixed: list, district - preferential votes
	majority systems	- plurality election - majority election
	electoral change, reform
Governmental Structure --	parliamentary presidential
Legal System --	electoral law campaign and finance law party law
Political System --	stability/instability regulatory public subsidies
National Structure --	unitary federal
National Culture --	individualism authoritarianism religious culture nationalism post-communism
Economic Culture --	country size
Globalization --
Not all manuscripts will deal at length with the political environment. Choose one of these terms only if yours does. Choose the narrowest term that best applies. If you wish to propose additional categories to this list, please write to <k-janda@northwestern.edu>. Updated August 5, 2006