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Major political theorists who influenced the formation of a new nation frm the American colonies.
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John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-jacques Rousseau
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Which political theorist believed that the purpose of government was to protect property & influential towards the Declaration of Independence.
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John Locke - Liberal Monarchy
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"social contract"
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the people given up it sovertity to the the govnerment for return the gov. porvides protection of life, liberty & property.
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Type of democracy we find in the United States?
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Representative democracy
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Notion that political power or the power to govern is derived from the people. As such, the people retain the right to rescind any grant of power to the government.
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popular sovereignty
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consent to governed
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a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when derived from the people.
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a decision rule that selects one of two alternatives, based on which has more than half of the votes.
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majority rule
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political philosophy that promotes one to set goals and obtain desire with out interferace frm the Gov.
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individualism
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the acknowledgment of diversity.
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pluralism
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every individual has the same oppurtunity for success.
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equality
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Freedom to behave as one pleases, circumscribed by the laws and codes of conduct of the society in which one lives.
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personal liberty
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that government can and should be legally limited in its powers, and that its authority depends on its observing these limitations.
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constitutionalism
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political theory that maintains that an individual enters into society with certain basic rights and that no government can deny these rights.
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natural rights
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is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military control, or religious hegemony.
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oligarchy
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form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,[1] or in a higher sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.[
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theocracy
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form of government in which all political power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual or individuals. As a political entity, the monarch is the head of state.
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monarchy
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is a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority. It is opposed to individualism and democracy.
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authoritarianism
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a political system where the state, usually under the control of a single political person, faction, or class, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
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totalitarianism
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the traditional orientation of the citizens of a nation toward politics, affecting their perceptions of political legitimacy.
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political culture
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term that describes people's feelings on government. it examines whether or not people feel they are being taken seriously or not. some people have strong sense of political efficacy while others do not. this is mostly likely derivative of people's experiences.
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political efficacy
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