government Flashcards
All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved.
public policy
Having supreme power within its own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.
Sovereign
A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.
Unitary Government
A joining of several groups for a common purpose.
Confederation
A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official’s cabinet.
Parliamentary Government
A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal.
Presidential Government
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and determined in a free market.
Free Enterprise
An economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
Mixed Economy
Those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
Delegate
Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services.
Boycott
Recall.
Repeal
Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.
Ratification
Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority
Quorum
An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber; see bicameral.
Unicameral
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers.
Bicameral
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
Government
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments
Federalism
A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
Oligarchy
A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
Autocracy
A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people.
Democracy
