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28 Cards in this Set
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The institutions in which decisions are made that resolve conflicts or allocate benefits and priveleges in society.
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Government
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----is unique because it can legitimately use force to carry out its decisions
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Government
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a supreme document which legally establishes government and articulates governmnets powers and limitations.
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Constitutions
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-----cannot be changed by ordinary acts of governmental bodies
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constitution
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the struggle for power within organizations or groups that can grant or withhold benefits or privleges in the political system
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politics
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the study of the struggle for power within and among political systems
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political science
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the collections of beliefs and attitudes toward the political system held by a community or nation.
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political culture
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the greatest freedom of individuals thats is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in society.
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individual liberty
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Who is responsible for the second treatise on government, natrual rights, and the social contract
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john locke
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What are some dilemas and alternative perspectives to individual liberty.
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liberty vs. order, fascism and nazism
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anti individualistic, stesses the importance of the stat.
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fascism and nazism
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a government by popular consent. a system of government in which political authority is vested in the people.
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democracy
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is a political system where the citizens participate in the decision making personally, contrary to relying on intermediaries or representatives
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direct democracy
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involves the selection of government officials by the people being represented.
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represenative democracy
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is the of principle that governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedure.
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The rule of law
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Who wrote an economic interpretation of the constitution.
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charles beard
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who wrote the power elite
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C. Wright Mills
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Who wrote the irony of democracy
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Thomas R Dye
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society is divided into the few who have power, and the many who do not.
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elitism
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who wrote "who governs"
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Robert dahl
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society is divided into numerous groups, all of which make demands on government and non of which dominates decision making
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pluralism
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As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.
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equality
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equal application of the law to everyone in society
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political equality
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elimination of artificial barriers to success in life and the opportunity for everyone to strive for success
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equality of opportunity
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all individuals equal in all things regardless of effor or ability
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equality of outcome
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An economic system characterized by the private ownership of wealth, free markets, and freedom of contract
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property rights and capitalism
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who is the author of the inquiry into the nature and causes of wealth of nations.
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adam smith
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who believed in lassez faire economics
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Adam Smith
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