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22 Cards in this Set
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the institution through which society makes and enforces public policies
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government
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all of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which uit is involved
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public policy
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the power to make a law and to frame public policies
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legislative power
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the power to execute, enforce, and administer law
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executive power
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the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and to settle disputes within the society
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judicial power
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the body of fundamental setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government
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constituion
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a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
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dictatorship
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a form of government in which supreme authority lies with the people
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democracy
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a body of people living in a defined territory with the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of higher authority
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state
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having supreme power within its own territory neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority
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sovereign
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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, uselful self-appointed elite
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oligarchy
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a centralized government in which all government powers are divided between a central government and several local governments
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federal government
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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency
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unitary government
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basic principles of federalisml the constituional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (US, between the National government and the states)
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division of powers
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a joining of several groups for a common purpose
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confederation
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a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal.
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presidential government
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a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premiere, and that official's cabinet
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parliamentary government
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an adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each
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compromise
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an econmic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
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free enterprise system
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a law that states when supplies are plentiful prices drop but when supplies become scares prices increase
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law of supply and demand
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an economy where private enterprise exist in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
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mixed economy
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a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
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autocracy
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