Ps Chapter 1

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Politics

Back 1

Deciding who gets what, when and how

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Political science

Back 2

The study of politics who governs, for what, and by what means

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Government

Back 3

Organization extending to the whole society that can legitimately use force to carry out its decisions

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Legitimacy

Back 4

Widespread acceptance of something is necessary, rightful, and legally binding

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gross domestic product

Back 5

The measurement which purports to show the total economic performance of the nation in terms of production of goods and services

Front 6

The inherent conflict between majority rule and individual freedom

Back 6

Totalitarianism which is unlimited government power over all aspects of life

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Pluralism

Back 7

The idea that democracy can be achieved in a large society by bargaining, compromise, and competition between interest groups

Front 8

Social contract

Back 8

Idea that government originates as an implied contract among individuals who agree to obey the laws in exchange for protection of their rights

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Public goods

Back 9

Goods and services that cannot be readily provided by markets, either because they are too expensive for a single individual to buy or because if one person bought him, everyone else would use them without paying

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Free market

Back 10

Free competition for voluntary exchange among individuals, firms, and corporations

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Gross domestic product

Back 11

Measure of economic performance in terms of the nation's total production of goods and services for a single year, valued in terms of market prices

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Externalities

Back 12

Costs imposed on people who are not direct participants in an activity

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Income transfers

Back 13

Government transfers of income from taxpayers to persons are regarded as deserving

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Democracy

Back 14

Governing systems in which the people govern themselves, from Greek term meaning rule by the many

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Democratic principles

Back 15

individual dignity, equality before the law, widespread participation in public decisions, and public decisions by a majority rule, with one person having one vote

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Paradox of democracy

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Potential for conflict between individual freedom and majority rule

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Limited government

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Principle that government power over the individual is limited, that there are some personal liberties that even a majority cannot regulate, and that government itself is restrained by law

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Authoritarianism

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Monopoly of political power by an individual or small groups otherwise allows people to go about their private lives as they wish

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Constitutional government

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The government limited by the rule of law in its power over the liberties of individuals

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Direct democracy

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Governing system in which every person participates actively in every public decision rather than delegating decision-making to representatives

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Representative democracy

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Governing system in which public decision making is delegated to representatives of the people chosen by popular vote in free, open, and periodic elections

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Elitism

Back 22

Political system in which power is concentrated in the hands of relatively small group of individuals or institutions

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Pluralism

Back 23

Theory that democracy can be achieved through competition among multiple organized groups that individuals can participate in politics through group memberships and elections