american gov Flashcards
Thomas Hobbes
- believed that kinds were supposed to protect their people
- wrote the Leviathan
- beleived people were inherently evil
- unlimited or absolute government
John Locke
- state of nature, “peace, godwill, assitance and preservation of life.
- had no laws, judicial disputes, allowed property
- limited government for the preservation of life, liberty, and property
- seperate legislative and executive, and federate governments
montesquieu
- checks and balances
- expiration of government power
- democrasy, majority rules,
- 3 branches: judicial, leglistive & excutive
Articles of Constitution I
the leglislative branch and their roles and respponcibilities to the US gov
Authoritarian government
a system of rule on with the government recognizes no formal limit but nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions
Citizenship:
Citizenship:
Constitutional government
a system of rule in which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government
Democracy:
a system of all the permits citizens to play significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election of key public officials
Direct democracy
a system of all the permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies
Representative Democrac
people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives; as opposed to direct democracy, a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.
Socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Communism
advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Power:
influence over governments leadership, organization, or policies
