Ch 15 Short Answer Flashcards
1
Q
Politics
A
The study of community governance
2
Q
Progressivism
A
Belief in human progress
3
Q
Statism
A
Political system in which highly centralized government holds the concentration of economic controls and planning
4
Q
Political pessimism
A
General distrust for any political systems ability to alleviate social problems
5
Q
Political liberalism
A
System of governed based upon the belief that individual and social ills are best solved through direct governed intervention
6
Q
Autarchy
A
The rule of oneself , self government
7
Q
Islamic theocracy
A
A state ruled by Islam and Islamic religious leaders
8
Q
Subsidiarity
A
Decisions are best handled at the organizational or societal level closest to the issues or persons affected
