Answer:
<em>Comparative politics is investigating internal processes within countries or political entities by comparing their characteristics according to a specific model.</em> Though it can potentially address a wide range of aspects, comparative politics is most widely applied to such <em>issues </em>as <u>politics of democratic and authoritarian states</u>, <u>political identit</u>y, <u>regime change</u> and <u>democratization</u>, <u>voting behavior</u> and a number of others.
<em>Comparativists often ask</em> how certain processes, for example, democratization, differ in specific states that still can be placed under the same analysis because they share certain characteristics.
Following the <u>democratization example</u>, let us take post-soviet countries. Comparativists may take most similar countries that share many similarities, such as Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), or most different countries, such as Estonia and Belarus. Here comparativists may ask, why Estonia developed a strong democratic regime, while Belarus fell into a consolidated authoritarian regime.
<span><em>i</em>nterests should be free to compete with each other for governmental influence.</span>
I believe the correct answer is: a token economy.
A token economy represents a form of behavior modification
which is designed to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable
behavior with the use of tokens. When individuals display desirable behavior,
they receive tokens. The collected tokens may later be exchanged for a
meaningful object or privilege.
Since Tim suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (adhd), his teachers and parents apply a token economy to reward him
with stars for desirable behaviors.
