Ap Gopo Chapter 1

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What is the Fundamental "rule" of the social contract?

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A governments legitimacy rests on the assumption that the people have entered into a contract with their rules.

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In the American social contract, what must the people do?

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Give up their unlimited freedom and agree to allow government to allow rules.

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In the American social contract, what must the government agree to?

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protect people's lives, rights, and property.

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According to Hobbes, government as a social contract is necessary because....

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A) humans are evil and self-fish by nature.
B) life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and shot.
C) anarchy would exist without it.
D) There would be constant warfare

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Conditions required for democracy to flourish

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A) Favorable economy
B) Wide spread literacy
C) Social consensus related to care values

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Political processes necessary for effective Democracy

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A) Free elections on basis of equal representation.
B)Competing political parties
C) Freedom of expression including a free press.
D) extension of rights, including citizenship to all who live within its borders.

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What group typically sets the public policy agenda?

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The group that governs

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Despite governance by small minority of citizens, all citizens must have.....

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1) A forum to express their preferences through what is known as linkage institutions, political parties, elections, interest groups, and the media.
2) The right to vote for thier elected officials

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Government in the U.S is based on.....

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Ideals

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politics can be thought of as....

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the "rules of the game".

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Many agree that in America, the most important rules can be summarized in 3 categories:

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1) Capitalism
2) Constitutionalism
3) Democracy

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Political Culture has 3 core values:

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1) liberty
2) equality
3) Self-government (democracy)

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Is liberty the freedom to do what one wants?

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The constitution protects Americans natural or "unalienable" right to liberty from government intrusion.

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The concept of limited government is key to Americans'.....

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conception of liberty

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What does Equality mean?

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a commitment to equal opportunities but not equal results

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American's commitment to democracy is marked by 3 principles.

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1) popular sovereignty
2) Majority rule
3) minority rights

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Who do political scientists believe really governs?

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A small group of people known as elites

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Traditional elitist

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A few top leaders from across the intellectual, economic, and power spectrum making decisions with limited regard for desires of the people.

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Bureaucratic theory

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A theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions

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Pluralist theory

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A theory that no one interest group consistently holds political power.

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Hyper pluralism

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occurs when there are two many groups and no meaningful compromises resulting in paralysis.

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Majoritarian politics

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A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people.

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Aristotle

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A philosopher who defined democracy as the "rule of the many"

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authority

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The right to exercise political power

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Citizen participation

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A political system in which those affected by a government program must be permitted

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City-state

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A relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practiced.

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Community Control

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Conferring political power on those selected by th voters in competitive elections.

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Democracy

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A term uses to describe 3 different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly

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Direct or participatory democracy

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A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy.

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Elite

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An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power.

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Elitist theory

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A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires

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legitimacy

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the widely-shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed

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Democracy

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A term uses to describe 3 different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly

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Direct or participatory democracy

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A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy.

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Elite

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An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power.

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Elitist theory

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A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires

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legitimacy

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the widely-shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed

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City-state

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A relatively small political unit within which classic democracy was practiced.

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community control

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conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections

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democracy

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A term used to describe 3 different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly ir indirectly.

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direct or participation democracy

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a political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy

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elite

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An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power.

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elitist theory

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A theory that few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires

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legitimacy

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the widely-shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed.

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Marxist theory

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a theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces.

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mills

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A sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elite

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political power

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power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave

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power

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the ability of one person to cause another to act in accordance with the first person's intentions

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representative democracy

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A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves directly.

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schumpter

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An economist who defined democracy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for people's vote

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weber

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A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining political developments.