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29 Cards in this Set
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Ideology
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A comprehensive set of beliefs about the nature of people and about the role of an institution or
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Majority vote
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levying taxes, hiring city officials, and deciding local ordinances
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Political culture
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A patterned set of ideas, values,
and ways of thinking about government and politics |
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Political culture
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A patterned set of ideas, values,
and ways of thinking about government and politics |
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Aristocracy
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Rule by the “best”; in reality, rule by an upper class
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Recall
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A procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected official from state office before his or her term has expired.
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Referendum
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An electoral device whereby legislative or constitutional measures are referred by the legislature to the voters for
approval or disapproval |
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Republic
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A form of government in which sovereign power rests with the people, rather than with a king or
a monarch. |
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Consent of the people
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The idea that governments and
laws derive their legitimacy from the consent of the governed |
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Principles of a democratic government
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Universal Suffrage,Majority, Majority Rule, Limited Government, Majoritarianism
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Elite theory
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A perspective holding that society
is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interest |
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What is government
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sham democracy
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Libertarians
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strongly support property rights and typically oppose regulation of the economy and redistribution of income.
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Harold Lasswell
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Politics can be understood as the process of resolving confl icts anddeciding, as political scientist Harold Lasswell put it in his classic defi nition, “who gets what, when, and how.
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Libertarians
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strongly support property rights and typically oppose regulation of the economy and redistribution of income.
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Direct Democracy
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A system of government in which
political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by their elected representatives; probably attained most easily in small political communities. |
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Institution
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An ongoing organization that performs certain functions for society
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Capitalism
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- An economic system characterized
by the private ownership of wealth creating assets, free markets, and freedom of contract. |
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Initiatives
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A procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment
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Dictatorial government
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often torture or execute their opponents
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Direct Democracy
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A system of government in which
political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by their elected representatives; probably attained most easily in small political communities. |
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Universal Suffrage
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The right of all adults to vote for their representatives
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Pluralist view of politics
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- a struggle among groups to gain
benefits for their members. |
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Legitimacy
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Popular acceptance of the right and power of a government or other
entity to exercise authority |
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Institution
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An ongoing organization that performs certain functions for society
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Liberty
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- The greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with
the freedom of other individuals in the society. |
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Bill or Rights
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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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Popular sovereignty
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The concept that ultimate political
authority is based on the will of the people. |
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Capitalism
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An economic system characterized
by the private ownership of wealth creating assets, free markets, and freedom of contract. |
