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10 Cards in this Set
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Government |
the institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society |
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Responsibilities of Government |
National Defense, Provide public goods and services, Provide Schools, Roads, Weather Forecasting, Preseve order, Collect taxes (economic system), Socialization |
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Politics |
Process through which a society makes its governing decisions |
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Conflicts in Politics |
Scarcity (limited resources and unlimited wants,) Difference in values |
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The Policy Making System |
People (Interests, problems, concerns) > Linkage Institutions (parties, elections, media, interest groups) > Policy Agenda (political issues) > Policy making institutions (legislature, executive, courts, bureaucracy) > Policy (Expenditures, taxes, laws, regulations, non-decisions) > People (Impacts of Policies) |
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Public Policy |
every decision a government makes |
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Democracy |
People govern, either directly or indirectly through representatives |
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Constitutionalism |
There are definable limits on the power of a government over its citizens |
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Capitalism |
the idea that the government should interfere in the economy as little as possible |
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Authority |
Right of an individual or institution to make binding decisions |
