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16 Cards in this Set
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Myths |
Those stories pro verbal sayings pervasive attitudes and other narratives that we used to help us think about the world around us |
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Governments |
Those institutions anti-Fishel's whose purpose is to write and an act laws into a execute and enforce public policypoliti |
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Politics |
Those activities aimed at influencing or controlling government for the purpose of formulating or guiding public policy |
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Authority |
The capacity to make and enforce public policies that is possessed by individuals who occupy formal governmental roles |
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Democracy |
To Americans a government in which a story is based on the consent and will of the majority |
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Republic |
A system in which people govern indirectly by electing certain individuals to make decisions on their behalf |
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Power |
The capacity and ability to influence the behavior and choices of others through the use of politically relevant resources |
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Power |
The capacity and ability to influence the behavior and choices of others through the use of politically relevant resources |
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Majoritarian view of power |
The view that political power should be distributed as equally as possible and a political system to facilitate meaningful majority rule |
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Elitist view of power |
The view that political power should be in the hands of a relatively small part of the general population that shares a common understanding about the fundamental issues facing society and government |
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Articles of Confederation |
The first constitution of the United States ratified in 1780 they established a loose union of states and A Congress with limited powers |
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Articles of Confederation |
The first constitution of the United States ratified in 1780 they established a loose union of states and A Congress with limited powers |
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Mayflower compact |
A document composed by the pilgrims that set forth major principles for the Plymouth colony's government |
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Enlightenment |
The period from the 1600s through the 17th hundreds and European intellectual history it was dominated by the idea that human reason not religious tradition was the primary source of knowledge and wisdom |
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Enlightenment |
The period from the 1600s through the 17th hundreds and European intellectual history it was dominated by the idea that human reason not religious tradition was the primary source of knowledge and wisdom |
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Popular sovereignty |
The concept first described by Jean jacques Russo around the time of the American Revolution that the best form of government is one that reflects the general will of the people which is the sum total of those interests that all citizens have in common |
