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Government |
The institution through which a society makes and enforces it's public policies. |
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Public Policies |
They are all the things a government tries to do |
Matters ranging from taxation National defense Education |
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What are 4 characteristics of a state? |
A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority. |
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Sovereign |
A sovereign has supreme and absolute power within its own territory. |
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The force theory |
Would hold that one person or group claimed control over and area and forced all within it to submit to that persons or groups rule. |
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The evolutionary theory |
They hold that the primitive family, of which one person was the head or, "government", was the first stage in political development. |
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The divine right theory |
Held that the state was created by God and that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule. |
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The social contract theory |
Was the most significant of the theory of the organ of the state is that of the "social contract". |
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3 classifications really useful when classifying governments |
Unitary government, federal government, confederate government |
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Unitary government |
A government in which all powers held by government belong to a single agency. |
British government is unitary |
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Federal government |
One in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. |
Australia, Canada, Mexico have federal forms of government. |
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Confederation |
An alliance of independent states |
The United States under the articles of confederation (1781-89) |
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Most common type of government? |
Parliamentary government |
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Dictatorship |
Exists where those who rule cannot be held |
Responsible to the will of the people |
