Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Politics exist because people differ about what two things?
A
Who should govern, and the ends toward which they should work.
2
Q
Formal authority
A
The right to exercise power is vested in a governmental office.
3
Q
What is the question of legitimacy?
A
What makes a law or constitution a source of right?
4
Q
What was the constitutional convention in 1787?
A
An effort to see whether a new, more powerful federal government could be made legitimate
5
Q
Civil war
A
A bloody struggle over the legitimacy of the federal union
6
Q
No exercise of political power by government at any level is legitimate if it is not in some sense what?
A
Democratic
