Pol Sci Test 1 Npd

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Dissidence

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Anti Government behavior that fall short of over throwing a government.
Ex: Nelson Mandela- 27 years in jail for protesting(non-violence)

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Bureaucracy

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a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

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Pluralism

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Government where you have more than I Part of the Society makes decisions

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Max Weber

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Traditional authority is legitimated by the sanctity of tradition. The ability and right to rule is passed down, often through heredity. It does not change overtime, does not facilitate social change, tends to be irrational and inconsistent, and perpetuates the status quo.
2. Charismatic authority is found in a leader whose mission and vision inspire others. It is based upon the perceived extraordinary characteristics of an individual.

3. Legal-rational authority is empowered by a formalistic belief in the content of the law (legal) or natural law (rationality). Obedience is not given to a specific individual leader - whether traditional or charismatic - but a set of uniform principles.

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Globalization

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the tendency of businesses, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world, or the process of making this happen. The global economy is sometimes referred to as globality, characterized as a totally interconnected marketplace, unhampered by time zones or national boundaries.

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Laissez-Faire

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a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

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John Locke

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3 Elements necessary for society:
-common established law
-known & established body of government to give judgment
-Power to support those judgments

Believed the governments power over the people should be limited. Strongly believed people were capable of governing themselves.

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Electorate

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1. All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

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Political Socialization

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a concept concerning the “study of the developmental processes by which children of all ages (12 to 30) and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes, and behaviors”.

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Popular Sovereignty

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a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people

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Supreme Law of the Land Clause

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defined as in the constitution is the actual laws within the costutituion of the United States itself. The supreme law of the land means that no other law within the country of the United States of America trumps or surpasses the power of the laws within the Constitution.

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Elastic Clause

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Part of the constitution than takes the powers of our congress and allows them to be expanded. This allowed our economy and nation to grow. Gave our central government more power.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Social contacts, the people form a government and decide what they want it to do. It depends on the society what type of government there should be.

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Thomas Hobbes

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Believed government should have all the power over the people. This would keep selfish beliefs and wants out of power. This would also help to provide peace to the people and give the leadership and direction

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Democratization

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process of building a Democratic government after the Fall of a non-democratic government. doesnt usually workout, falls into dictatorship. you need a good free market system and a middle class for democratization to work. Gives people the opportunity to rise in social status.

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Theocracy

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system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

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What is the difference between government and politics

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The difference between government and politics is process. Government deals with the day to day necessities of regulating human activity. Politics is the process through which humans seek to change the rules and methods of governance.

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What are the 4 models of the American Democracy?

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1) A constitutional Republic
2) A direct democracy
3) Constitutional monarchy
4) Parliamentary system or parliamentary democracy

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Define A 'Democratic' Government and describe the meaning of accountability and legitimacy in a democratic government.

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A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. Note: Democratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy.

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oligarchy,

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A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
2. A state or organization so ruled.
3. The persons or class so ruling.

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monarchy

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a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
2. Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.

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Anarchy

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a state of society without government or law.
2. Political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy. Synonyms: lawlessness, disruption, turmoil.

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Totalitarianism

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1. Of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
2. The practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
3. Absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.
4. The character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government: