Political Science 5

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Government Structure

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Basicelements/foundation needed to govern.

Example:

–Executive

–Legislative

–Judicial

–Administrative

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Institutions

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Thespecific way that the foundation is implemented.

Examples-

–Presidency

–Congress

–SupremeCourt

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James Madison's View

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ledto the construction of our political institutions.

-Federalist papers

-–e.g.,Separation of powers and checks and balances.

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Political Culture

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Asystem of beliefs, symbols, values, and traditions that defines the situationin which political action occurs.

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Six Ideal Types:

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-Oligarchy

-Aristocracy

-Polity

-Oligarchy

-Democracy

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Monarchy

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Authoritariangovernment with power vested in a king or queen (good).

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Aristocracy

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Government by a few are the best qualified (good)

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Polity

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Constiutional government that's a mix of democracy and oligarchy (good)

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Dictatorship

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Poweris centralized in a single person who works for the benefit of himself (bad).@

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Oligarchy

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Governmentby a few who are corrupt and operate for selfish purposes (bad)..

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Democracy

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Governmentby the people under a constitution that provides for basic rights and majorityclass (mob) rule (bad).

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Republics

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Decisionsare made by representatives of citizens rather than citizens themselves.

-•Governmentsthat do not have a monarch or a single authoritarian leader are said to berepublics.

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Unitary Government

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•Governmentsthat do not have a monarch or a single authoritarian leader are said to berepublics.

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Confederate Government

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Thenational government is weak compared to the independent state governments (e.g.,European Union).>

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Federalism

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Asystem in which the central government shares power with the sub-national/stategovernments.

–e.g.,UnitedStates,Canada, Mexico, India, Switzerland, Australia, Germany, and Brazil.

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Components of Federalism

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A.)Written Constitution –Government powers should be divided.

B.)Government Tools – Thedifferent levels of government have their own tools for exercising powerdirectly over citizens.

C.)Distribution Of Power –There is a constitutional distribution of powers that can’t be unilaterallychanged.

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Layer-Cake Federalism

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Emphasizesa functional division of authority between levels of government like layers ina cake. •–e.g.,National level prints money, while city level provides for waste removal.

•There’slittle interaction between bureaucrats at different levels.

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Marble-Cake Federalism

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There’sa degree of cooperation between different levels of government.

–Meritstandards established by the national government.

•–Salariescome from state and nationalfunds.•–Countyprovides office space/supplies.e

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Picket-fence Federalism

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Emphasizesinteractions among all levels of government over a promoted policy area.

•Bureaucraticspecialists share a common concern and interact frequently with each other.'

••Theymay not interact with those who do not share their concerns at the same levelof government.•

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Devolution Revolution

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Governmentactionshould be concentrated at the lowest possible level without any dependence on nationalfunding.•The so-called“race to the bottom” ischaracterized by reducing spending to a level where a state’s dependentpopulation is deprived of help.•

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User-Pay system

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Ifyou use a service, you pay for it.

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Vouchers

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–You don’t have to choose government services