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Government
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
public policy
all of the goals a govenment sets and the various courses of action it pursues as it appempts to utilize those goals
legsislative power
the power to make a law and the frame public policies
executive power
the power to execute, enforce and administar law
judicial power
the power to imterpret laws, to determine their meaning and the settle disputes within society
constitution
the body of fundimental laws setting out the principals, structures and processes of a government
dictatorship
a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
democracy
a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people
state
a body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority
sovereign
having supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to anyother authority
autocracy
a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
oligarchy
a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite
unitary government
a centeralized govenment in which all ogvernment powers belong to a single, central agency
federal government
a form of government in which powers are divided between a central govenment and several local governments
division of powers
basic principle of ferderalism the constitutional provisions by which govenment powers are divided on a geographic basis
conferderation
a joining of several groups for a common purpose
presidential government
a form of govenment in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are seperate, independant and coequal
parliamentary government
a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minsister or premier and that officials cabinet
compromise
an adjustment of oppsing principles or systmes by modifying some aspect of each
free enterprise system
an economic system charachertised by private or corprate ownership of capital goods investments that are determined by private decision rath that by state control and determined in a free market
law of supply and demand
a law which states that when supplies of goods and services become scarce and prices tend to rise
mixed economy
an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of govenment regulation and promotion