By Myron

AP Comparative Government & Politics · Summer 2026

AP Comp GovSummer Work

Main question

How do governments gain, organize, maintain, and lose power?

1The Language of Power45 terms
2Political Scientist in Training5 events
3United States vs. Turkey5 categories
4Signal vs. Noise2 sources
Field Reportsoptional, 6 artefacts

Indices and data

Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2026
V-Dem Institute, Democracy Report 2026
Transparency International, CPI 2025
UNDP, Human Development Report 2025
Fragile States Index
OECD Revenue Statistics 2025
World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators
RSF, 2026 World Press Freedom Index
US Census Bureau, 2024 voting and registration

Reporting

CNBC, US CPI report for July 2026
CNN, Starmer resigns
Al Jazeera, Iran names new supreme leader
Euronews, Fujimori wins Peru runoff
ICC, charges confirmed against Rodrigo Duterte
HRW, Turkish court removes opposition leadership
The Africa Report, Nigeria's opposition split
CNN, Hungary election
China-CEE Institute, Hungary final results

AP Comp Gov summer work · August 2026