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28 Cards in this Set
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American dream |
American ideal of a happy and successful life, it often includes acquisition of property |
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Citizen |
Member of a political community |
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Conservative |
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Government |
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Politics |
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Monarchy |
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Toltalitarianism |
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Oligarchy |
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Democracy |
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Mayflower compact |
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Social contract |
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Social contract theory |
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Direct democracy |
A system of Gov in which members of the polity meet to discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule |
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Indirect (representative) democracy |
A system of government that gives citizens the opportunity to vote for representatives who will work on their behalf |
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Republic |
A government rooted in the consent of the governed a representative or indirect democracy |
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Political culture |
Commonly shared attributes beliefs and core values about how government should operate |
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Personal liberty |
A key characteristic of the US democracy. Initially meaning freedom from government interference, today it includes demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices without governmental interference or discrimination |
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Political equality |
The principle that all citizens are equal in the political process as implied by the phrase one person one vote |
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Popular consent consent |
The principle that governments must draw their powers from the consent of the governed |
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Majority rule |
The central premise of direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner the support of A majority of voters will be made into law |
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Popular sovereignty |
The notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the people |
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Natural law |
A doctor and that society should be governed by certain ethnic principles that are part of nature and as such can be understood by reason |
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Civil society |
Society created when citizens are allowed to organize and express their views publicly as they engage in open debate about public policy |
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Political ideology |
The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals |
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Libertarian |
One who favors a free market economy and no government of interference in personal liberties |
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Conservative |
One of the things that the government is best that governs least and that big government can only infringe on individual, personal, and economic rights |
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Social conservative |
One who believes that traditional moral teaching should be supported and further by the government |
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Liberal |
One who favors governmental involvement in the economy and in provisions of Social Services and who takes an active role in protecting the rights of women the elderly minorities and the environment |
