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18 Cards in this Set
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a more or less consistent set of views as to the policies govt ought to review
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political ideology
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author of Leviathan, govt is based on social contract theories
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Thomas Hobbes
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philosopher-men are born with natural rights to life, liberty and property
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John Locke
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political system in which goods are available to all as needed
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communism
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a stable system of institutions, pattern of interactions and customs, capable of continually reproducing these conditions which remain relatively constant over time
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social order
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a person who favors more limited and local govt, less govt regulation of markets, more social conformity to traditional norms and values and tougher policies towards criminals
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Conservatism or conservative
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Political systems wherby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life
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totalitarianism
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a person who favors a more active federal govt for regulating business, supporting social welfare, and protecting minority rights but with less regulation of private social contract
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liberalism or liberal
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an economic system in which wealth and the mean of producing wealth, are privately owned
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capitalism
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people who wish to maximize personal liberty on both economic and social issues, they prefer a small weak govt with little control over the economy or its citizens
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Libertarians
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a good that when it is consumed does not reduce the availability of the good for consumption by others and no one can be excluded from using the good
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public goods
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a form of govt where power is with a small elite segment of society
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oligarchy
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a democracy where people or citizens have less influence than in traditional liberal democracies, voters elect representatives
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procedural democracy
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a form of govt founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people
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representative democracy
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a philosophy that a majority of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society and has a right to make decisions tht affect the society
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majoritarian model of democracy
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belief that governments will come to be ruled by those with elite status (wealth, educational levels etc.)
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elite theory of government
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a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal
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referendum
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theory that political power in a society is distrubuted between a wide number of groups
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pluralist theory of government
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