Poltics And Goverment

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Politics

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The struggle over power or influence within organizations or informal groups that can grant or withhold benefits or privileges

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Having Power

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Institution

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An ongoing organization that performs certain functions for society

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Ways in a society

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Government

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The institution that has ultimate authority for making decisions that resolve conflicts and allocate benefits and privileges within society

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Having authority

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Order

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A state of peace and security. Maintaining order by protecting members of society from violence and criminal activity is one of the oldest purposes of government.

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Violence and Criminal activity

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Liberty

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The greatest freedom of the individual that is consistent with the freedom of other individuals in the society.

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Freedom

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Authority

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The right and power of a government or other entity to enforce its decisions.

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Power and government

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Legitimacy

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Popular acceptance of the power of a government or other entity to exercise authority

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Power of government

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Tolalitarian Regime

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A form of government that controls all aspects of political, social, and economic life of a nation

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Government controlling life situation

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Authoritarianism

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A type of regime in which only the government itself is fully controlled by there ruler. Social and economic institutions exist that are not under the give control

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Give control

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Democracy

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A system of government in which political authority is invested in the people,

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Government investing

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Direct Democracy

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A system of government in which political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by there elected representatives

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Political decision

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Limited Government

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A government in which powers that are limited either through written document, or through widely shared beliefs.

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Powers shared through belief

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Majoritarianism

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A political theory holding that in a democracy the government all to do with the majority of the people want.

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Theory in a democracy

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Elite Theory

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The argument that society is ruled by a smaller number of people who exercise the power to further their self interest.

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Society ruled by self interest

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Pluralism political culture

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Hey theory that views politics as a conflict among interest groups. Political decisions making is characterized by bargaining and compromising.

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Views on politics

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Political Culture

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A pattern set of ideas, values, and ways about thinking about government and politics that characterize a people.

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Set ideas, values, and ways

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Political Socialization

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The process by which people acquire political beliefs and values

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Beliefs and values

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Civil Liberties

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Those personal freedoms, including freedom of religion and of speech, they are protected for all individuals in a society

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Personal freedoms

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Bill of Rights what what is the

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The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution.

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10 amendments

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Equality

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As a political value, the idea that all people are of equal worth.

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Equal worth

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Poverty

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Anything that is or maybe subjected Ownership

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Owership

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Initiative

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A procedure by which voters can petition to vote on a law of constitutional amendment.

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Voting

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Capitalism

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An economic system categorized by the private ownership of the wealth created assets, free markets, and freedom of contact.

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Economic system

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Working Class

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Currently those with no college education. Traditionally, individuals in which the head of the household employed in manual or unskilled labor.

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Unskilled labor

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Ideology

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A comprehensive set of beliefs about the nature of people and about the role of an institution or government.

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Set of beliefs

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Conservatism

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A set of beliefs that include a limited role for the national government in helping individuals support values and lifestyles in cautious response to change

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Belief in a limited roll

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Conservative Movement

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An American movement founded in 1950s that provides a comprehensive ideological framework for conservative politics.

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Founded in the 1950’s

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Liberalism

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A set of beliefs that includes advocacy of positive government action to improve the welfare of individuals, supported civil rights, and tolerance for political change and social change.

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Believe that include advocacy

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Socialism

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A political ideology based on strong support of economic and social equality. Socialist traditionally envision a society in which major businesses are taking over by the government or employee corporatizes.

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Strong support of economics

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Libertarianism

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A political ideology based on skepticism Or opposition against most government activist.

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Against government activist

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Progressive

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A popular alternative to the time liberal.

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Alternative

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Referendum

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An electoral device whereby legislative or constitutional measures are referred by the legislature to the voters by approval or disapproval.

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Device used for voting

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Recall

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A procedure allowing the people to vote, and to dismiss an elected official from office before him or her term has expired.

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Electoral change

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Republic

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A form of government in which sovereign power rest with the people rather than with a king or monarch.

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Power within the people

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Popular Sovereignty

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The process in which ultimate popular authority is based on the will of the people

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Power of authority

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Democratic Republic

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A republic in which leaders are elected by the people make and enforce laws and policies

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Leaders enforcing

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Representative Democracy

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A form of government in which liters are elected By the people make and enforce laws and policies, But in which the monarchy may maybe retained in a ceremonial role.

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Enforced laws

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Universal Suffrage

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The right of all adults to vote for their government representative.

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The right to vote

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Majority Rule

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A basic principal Of democracy asserting that the greatest number citizens in any political **** select officials and determined polices.

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Principal of democracy