Government

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Government

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the institution through which a society make enforces its public policies

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Public Policy

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all things governments decide to do, including: taxes, civil rights, etc

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Legislative Power

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power to make laws and frame public policies

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Executive Power

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Power to execute, enforce, and administer law

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Judicial Power

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Power to interpret laws, to determine the meaning, settle disputes

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Constitution

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Fundamental laws, settling put principles, structures, and processes in government

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Dictatorship

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Oldest form of government, those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

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Democracy (Direct)

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Pure democracy, will of the people is translated into public policy, voted directly through the people themselves

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Democracy (Indirect)

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American Democracy

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State

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A body of people, living in a defined territory organized poltitically, power to make and enforce laws

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Sovereignty

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Has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own domestic and foreign policies

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Autocracy

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Single person hold unlimited power

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Oligarchy

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Government where power to rule is held by a group usually self-appointed elite

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Unitary Government

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Centralized-all powers held by government belong to single central agency, national government creates local units of government for convenience, the local government and several local governments

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Federal Government

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Powers are divided between central government and several local governments

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Confederate Government

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Alliance of Independent States, central government only deals with states that are members

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Division of Powers

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Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographical basis

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Presidential Government

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Executive and legislative branches of government are separate, independent, but coequal, president is chosen and serves a certain term

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Parliamentary Government

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Executive government is made up of the prime minister/premier and official's cabinet

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Characteristics of a state

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Population, territory, sovereignty, and government

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How are governments classified

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Force theory, evolutionary theory, devine right theory, social contract theory

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Hobbes

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Lived in freedom nature, led to people being brutish and animalistic, government was created to protect and should be all powerful and absolute

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Locke

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man is inherently good, government is created to benefit the public, if corrupt, government can be overthrown, power should be shared between mulitple sections.