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30 Cards in this Set
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Conspiritorial Theorists |
Believe that someone (usually a small group of unseen people) is secretly and diabolically controlling things from behind the scenes |
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Militan civilian militia |
Sees federal government as a sinister culprit, constantly maneuvering to deny innocent patriots their liberties |
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Federalism (US gov) |
government that divides powers between the state/national levels government |
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Exclusive power (under federalism) |
Power given specifically to the national government and state government. (Ex: War and peace=national, education and family law=state) |
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Concurrent power (under federalism) |
power exercised by both levels of government (taxation) |
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Preseidential-congressional system |
legislature and executive are elected separately and serve uninterrupted fixed terms |
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divided government |
people can elect from one party for president and a different party for legislature |
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separation of powers |
factor of the government that designates separate duties to each sector of government |
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checks & balances |
overlapping powers of the branches |
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unitary government (british gov) |
concentrates all governmental power at the central level. Local governments are dependent on the federal government |
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parliamentary-cabinet system (british gov) |
separates the positions of head of state and head of government |
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head of government (british gov) |
prime minister |
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Head of state (british gov) |
monarchist figure |
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parliamentary primacy (british gov) |
British parliament is not subject to constraint by the other 2 branches. this makes equality between branches impossible |
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appointing prime minister (british gov) |
leader of the majority party in parliament and appointed prime minister by the head of state |
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singular exectutive (US) |
only electing 2 executives, president and vice president, with executive powers given only to the president |
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plural executive (brit) |
prime minister, cabinet members appointed by monarch and technically exercise his/her powers |
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collective responsibility |
he/she is not solely responsible for the government, a decision results from a consensus of the cabinet |
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coalition government |
when 2 or more parties join to make a majority, but do not merge into a single party |
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single member district |
Regardless of the number or candidates running, only 1 will e elected within a single district (winner take all election) |
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multi member district |
provides for the election of several officials from a given district |
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proportional representaion |
system used to distribute seats on an equitable basis |
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single party system |
when only one party controls the vast majority of legislative seats and its choice for chief executive is assured |
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two party system |
exists when only 2 parties have a meaningful chance of winning control of the government |
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multiparty system |
exists when several parties have a significant number of seats in legislature |
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will/interests |
a constant question of whether or not a politician should represent their constituents will or their interests |
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reactionary theory of representation |
based on a need for order and authority. People must support the state and accept government policies wilingly |
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conservative forms of representation |
grant public control without encouraging public participation in politics/decision making |
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liberal theory of representation |
a people are essentially equal and therefore are equally capable of ruling |
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radical theory of representaion |
only the people themselves are capable of representing their own views |
