Poli

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Agency through which the state expresses its will.

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Government

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A ______ may change, its form may change, but the state, as long as its essential elements are present, remains the same.

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Government

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As to the number of persons exercising the sovereign powers.
What are the three?

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Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy

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The supreme and final authority is in the hands of a single person without regard to the source of his election or the nature or duration of his tenure.

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Monarchy

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Political power is exercised by a few privileged class which is known as an aristocracy or oligarchy.

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Aristocracy

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One in which political power is exercised by a majority of the people.

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Democracy

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As to the extent of powers by the central or national government
What are the two?

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Federal and Unitary

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One in which the control of national and local affairs is exercised by the central or national government.

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Unitary

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Powers of government are divided between two sets of organs , one for national affairs and the other for local affairs, each organ being supreme within its own sphere. The United States is a federal government.

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Federal

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As to the relationship between the executive and the legislative branches of the government.
What are the two?

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Presidential Government and Parliamentary Government

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One in which the state confers upon the legislature the power to terminate the tenure of office of the real executive. The Cabinet or ministry is immediately or politically responsible to the legislature and immediately or politically responsible to the electorate, while the titular or nominal executive - the Chief of State – occupies a position of irresponsibility.

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Parliamentary Government

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One in which the state makes the executive constitutionally independent of the legislature as regards his tenure and to a large extent as regards his policies and acts, and furnishes him with sufficient powers to prevent the legislature from trenching upon the sphere marked out by the constitution as executive independence and prerogative.

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Presidential Government

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______ are the sets of basic beliefs about the political

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economic

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Right-wing political system where the principle means of production and distribution are in private hands.

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Capitalism

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Left-wing political system where the principle means of production

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distribution and exchange are in common ownership.

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Extreme left-wing ideology based on the revolutionary socialist teachings of Marx. Collective ownership and a planned economy. Each should work to their capability and receive according to their needs.

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Communism

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The extension of power and rule beyond established geographical boundaries.

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Imperialism

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Society without government

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laws

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He believes that conflicting interests of different parts of society can be harmonized.

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Plato

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It refers to “that body of rules and principles in accordance with which powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised”.

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concept of constitution

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It is defined as that written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established

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limited

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Serves as the supreme or fundamental law.

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Purpose of Constitution

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Kinds of Constitution as to their origin and history

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Conventional and Cumulative

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Kinds of Constitution as to their form

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Written and Unwritten

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Kinds of Constitution as to manner of amending them

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Rigid and Flexible

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______ are the sets of basic beliefs about the political, economic, social and cultural affairs held by the majority of people within as society.

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Ideologies

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Right-wing political system where the principle means of production and distribution are in private hands.

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Capitalism

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Left-wing political system where the principle means of production, distribution and exchange are in common ownership.

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Socialism

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Extreme left-wing ideology based on the revolutionary socialist teachings of Marx. Collective ownership and a planned economy. Each should work to their capability and receive according to their needs.

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Communism

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The extension of power and rule beyond established geographical boundaries.

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Imperialism

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Society without government, laws, police or other authority. System of self-control.

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anarchism

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He believes that conflicting interests of different parts of society can be harmonized.

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Plato

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The best, rational and righteous, political order, which he proposes, leads to a harmonious unity of society and allows each of its parts to flourish, but not at the expense of others.

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Plato

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Government, ______ says, should be by those people with enough time on their hands to pursue virtue.

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Aristotle

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______ thinks rulers should be propertied and leisured, so, without other worries, they can invest their time in producing virtue.

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Aristotle