gov chapter 1 quiz Flashcards
organization established to exercise authority over a group of people
government
who gets what when and how
politics
power that citizens view as legitimate or right
authority
3 levels of authors
local (cities), state, federal
the right to make decisions or an action without being overuled
Sovereignty
the people in a country have the power to make the decisions without being overruled the government doesn’t rule over the people
popular sovereignty
the people that own the factories and the means of production are owned privately, hospitals, torcheys
capitalism
public ownership, the gov runs everything and divides the results of production equally
socialism
kind of capitalism, profit make as much as you want free to set up business, prices determined by market forces, private ownership of business
free market
progressive taxes to reduce inequality, gov regulation, taxes on demerit goods such as cigarettes, govt provision of public goods, kind of like socialism
govt intervention
mixture of free market and govt intervention
mixed economy (US)
taking the free market and extending it as far as it can possibly go, allow them to do, no govt intervention
laissez-faire
kind of like a mixed economy, capitalism with govt regulations, high emphasis on equality, private ownership, with very high taxes to provide services to make things equal,
social democracy
any gov where the gov has authority over the ppl no popular sovereignty ie. communism theocracy, monarchy, and various other forms of dictatorships, autocracy,
authoritarian gov
extreme form of authoritarian gov, entire life is run by the gov, ppl have no say,
Totalitarianism
one person in charge, monarchy, junta, dictatorship
autocracy
few people have control of the government, ancient Sparta
oligarchy
the gov or the god would have total control Iran, elected president, but the religious leaders can overrule it
theocracy
glorifies the state over everything else, individual rights do not matter only the nation matters, everything in ur life is controlled by the gov, comes from old Italy
Facism
no government, but someone gains power and it leads to dictatorship, nonauthoritatianian system
anarchy
ppl are in charge popular sovereignty ppl can vote, choose leaders make laws,
democracy
ppl vote on every single law
direct democracy
elect congressmen to go vote for the laws
indirect democracy
rule by law, but has democratic ideas that protect certain things by law
republic
the law is king
lex rex
instead of having a king be over the ppl, the king and the ppl r equal, the king promises to protect the rights of the people, give authority to gov for protection
social contract theory
1st characteristic in the American democratic republic
limited government- didn’t have a lot of power, especially after being ruled by a king
2nd characteristic in the American democratic republic
individual liberty- personal freedoms and rights vs. the common good
3rd characteristic in the American democratic republic
equality- everyone treated the same, but at the time it meant they don’t favor anyone equality vs equity
4th characteristic in the American democratic republic
majority/minority- majority wins, but they don’t have the right to suppress the minority, the minority can become the majority
5th characteristic in the American democratic republic
compromise- solve the problem in a way that benefits the greatest number of people
6th characteristic in the American democratic republic
ideology- left liberal right conservative, the political spectrum
set of political beliefs
ideology
