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19 Cards in this Set
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Government
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Institutions and procuders through which a land and it's people are ruled.
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Autoocracy
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Form of government in which a small group of landowners, military officers or wealthy merchants control most of the governing decisions.
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Democracy
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A System of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually through the selection of key public officials.
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Constitutional Government
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A system of rule in which formal and effictive limits are placed on the powers of the government.
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Autoritarian Government
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A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions.
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Totalitarian Government
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System of rule in chich the government recognizes no formal limits on it's power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it.
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Conscription
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Compulsory military service, usually for a perscribed period or for the duration of a war; "the war"
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Free Riding
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Enjoying the benefits of some good or action and letting others bear the cost.
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Public Good
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A good that may be enjoyed by anyone if it is provided and that may not be denied to anyone once it has been provided.
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Instrumental
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To do something with purpose, sometimes requiring forthought and even calculation.
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Collective Action
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the pooling of resources and coordination of efforts and activity by a group of people to acheive common goals.
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By-product Theory
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The idea that groups provide members with private benefits to attract membership; the possibleity for group collective action emerges as consequence.
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Selective Benefits
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Benefits that do not go to everyone, but rather are distributed selectively-only to those who contribute to the group enterprise.
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Institutions
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Rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior thereby shaping politics.
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Agenda Powers
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Control over what the gropu will consider for discussion.
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Veto Power
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the ability to defeat something even if it has made it on to the agenda of an institution.
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Delegation
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Transmitting authority to some other official or body for the latter's use (though often with the right of review and revision).
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Principle-agent Problems
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The tension that may exist between a principle and his or her agen caused by the fact that each is motivated by self-interest, yet their interest may not be well aigned.
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Transacton Costs
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The cost of cflarifying each aspect of a principle-agent relationship and moitoring it to make sure arrangements are complied with.
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