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Government
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the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
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public policy
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all of the goals a govenment sets and the various courses of action it pursues as it appempts to utilize those goals
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legsislative power
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the power to make a law and the frame public policies
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executive power
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the power to execute, enforce and administar law
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judicial power
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the power to imterpret laws, to determine their meaning and the settle disputes within society
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constitution
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the body of fundimental laws setting out the principals, structures and processes of a government
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dictatorship
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a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
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democracy
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a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people
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state
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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
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sovereign
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having supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to anyother authority
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autocracy
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a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
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oligarchy
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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite
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unitary government
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a centeralized govenment in which all ogvernment powers belong to a single, central agency
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federal government
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a form of government in which powers are divided between a central govenment and several local governments
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division of powers
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basic principle of ferderalism the constitutional provisions by which govenment powers are divided on a geographic basis
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conferderation
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a joining of several groups for a common purpose
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presidential government
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a form of govenment in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are seperate, independant and coequal
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parliamentary government
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a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minsister or premier and that officials cabinet
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compromise
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an adjustment of oppsing principles or systmes by modifying some aspect of each
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free enterprise system
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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
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law of supply and demand
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a law which states that when supplies of goods and services become scarce and prices tend to rise
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mixed economy
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an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of govenment regulation and promotion
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