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26 Cards in this Set
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Democracy |
A system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state typically through elected officials |
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Direct Democracy |
A form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly |
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Republic |
A state which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representiatives and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch |
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Constitution |
A body of fundamental priniciples or established precendents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed |
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Constitutional Democracy |
A system of government in which the limits of political authority are clearly stated and the electorate has the power to remove poor performing governments |
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Constitutionalism |
Adherence to a system of constitutional government |
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Popular Sovereignty |
The principle that the authority of state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people. |
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Natural Rights |
Rights that people supposedly have under law. |
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Social Contract Theory |
The voluntary agreement among individuals by which organized society is brought into being and invested with its right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members |
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Faction |
A small organized dissenting group within a larger |
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Plurality |
The number of votes cast for a candidate who recieves more than any other but does not recieve an absolute majority |
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Theocracy |
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God |
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Autocracy |
A system of government by one person with absolute power |
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Oligarchy |
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
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Federalist |
An advocator or supporter of the federalism |
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Anti-Federalist |
A person who opposed the ratification of the Constitutioj in 1789 |
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Force Theory |
Group that forces their beliefs down somebodies throat. |
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Confederate |
Joined by an agreement or treaty |
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Presidential |
Of or relating to a political system in which the chief officer is a president who is elected independently of the legislature for a fixed term |
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Writ of Habeas Corpus |
A court order requiring officials to produce an individual held in custody and show sufficent cause for that persons detention |
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Parliamentary |
An assembly of party representatives that chooses a government and discusses major national issues |
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Seperation of Powers |
An act of vesting the legislature, executive, and judicial powers of government in seperate bodies |
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Judicial Review |
Review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the constitutional vadility of a legislative act |
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Limited Government |
A political system where the legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers |
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Popular Consent |
The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs |
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Consent of the Governed |
The idea that government derives its authority by sanction of the people |
