AG CH 1 Flashcards
What is gov and example
a social construction that controls behavior of people
ex:serve public good, manage, resolve conflict, provide security
politics def and example
activity where an activity is agitated or settled
ex:argument discussion negotiation
power def
Ability to get one person to act in accordance of certain wishes
Authority def
right to use power
Legitimacy def
political authority from law or constitution
Democracy def
governing system for all or most citizens
participate directly in either holding office or making policy
(power in hands of the people)
Democracy also means?
rules of many
Direct participatory democracy def
gov where most citizens
participate directly
Representative Democracy def
gov where elected leaders
make decision
Non democratic systems deny?
Speech, publications, and
assembly
Dictatorship/Autocracy def and example
system where one person or
small group of people possess absolute power w o constitution
limitations
Ex Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Benito Mussolini
Oilarchy def and example
system of gov Where power rest in a small
group of people
Ex Chinas Communist party
where is a oilarchy common?
in socialist economic systems
what is the oilarchy advantage?
efficiency
what is the oilarchy disadvantage?
authoritarian rule
Constitutional Demo def and example
derives authority from constitution
Ex: US
What is a constitution?
political document legal document historical cultural
Class view and who has this view
wealthy capitalist other economic elites
determine most policies
who has this view:Karl Marx
Power elite + who has this view
group of business military labor union
elected officials mass media control most decisions
who has this view: C Wright Mills
Bureaucratic view and who has this view
appointed bureaucrats run everything
who has this view: Max Webber
Pluralist View and who has this view
reps of larger of interest groups are in charge
no single entity can control political resources
who has this view: David B truman
Creedal Passion view and who has this view
morally impassioned elites drive
political change not driven by economic gain
who has this view: Samuel Huntington
Political Agenda and what its influenced by
issues that people believe require gov
action
What is this influenced by?:
Shared political views, custom and tradition,
current events, terms of debate
What does civic engagement do? and examples
give citizens a say to what happens in the government
ex of political involvements: voting, volunteerism, party membership
cost def
burden that people bear if a policy is adopted
benefit def
satisfaction if policy is adopted
majoritarian politics and ex
policy where almost everybody benefits
almost everybody pays
-no benefit for students to form join interest groups
-controversy may arise over ideology
ex:military budget US
Client politics and ex
policy where one small group benefits almost everybody pays
-beneficiary is client of gov
ex: log rolling of farming legislation
Entrepreneurial politics and examples
policy where almost everybody
benefits and small group pays
ex: environmental policies such as antipollution and safety requirements
for automobiles
Interest Group Politics and ex
policy where one small group
and benefits another small group pays
ex: people organize around a particular issue
Political Culture def
political system ones role in the
system
-partisanship political ideology
According to Walton smith black political culture is like
community, political, and electoral consciousness
Private goods
food clothinghousing come from priv
businesses
Public goods
goods provided by government available w/o charge
toll goods and ex
goods for many people only if they can pay
ex: private school
common goods
free of charge but limited supply
egalitarianism
equal treatment for all destruction of inequalities
ex: raise taxes for more pub. transp. etc
totaliarianism
gov is more important than citizens
Partisanship
support blindly a political party
Alienate Americans who feel they should vote in support
of the nations best pres instead of bias
