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13 Cards in this Set
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externalties
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occurs when an activty produces cost that not borne by the producer or the user
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Public goods
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clean air,a national defense or diease prevention
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governments
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are organtizations of individuals who have the power to make binding decisions on behalf of a particular community
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political culture
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defines the public's expections toward the politic process and it's role within the process.
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political system
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are a particular type of a social system that is involved in the making of authoritative public decisions.
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A system has nesssarily two properties
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1. it has a set of interdenpendent parts and 2. it has boundaries between the system and it's enviroment.
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State
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is a particular type of political system.
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Sovereginity
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an independent legal authority over a population in a particular terriorty based on the recognized right to self determination
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European Union Example of increasing integration of France
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The french government has given up parts of its soveregnity to the EU, and loss of soveregnity is a major politcal debate.
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nation -state
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the natural way to organize political systems, and often as an ideal. They are often a desirable way to organize a political system.
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United Nations
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formed at the end of World War II in 1945,has also acquried new responsibilities since the collapse of the soviet union in 1990's.
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Nation
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Refers to a group of people with a common identity
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Ethnicity
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need not have any objective basis in genetics,culture,or history
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