Notes From Class Flashcards
People who predict and hypothesize politics
Political scientist
General idea of something and it is for the most part widely agreed upon in the scientific community
Concepts
- Congressional declaration
- authorized engagements
- Use this term to gain public support
War
Inherited power
Monarchy
Group who share power
Oligarchy
Religious leader power
Theocracy
No government and no rulers
Anarchy
To regard highly, honor, favor
freedom, order, equality, democracy
Political value
Without constraints and without limitations
Freedom
How we can best live together
Politics
Structures and systems that we’ve adopted
Government
Specific freedoms that the government is always supposed to follow
Civil liberties
We are giving government legitimate use of force to regulate, to monitor, to protect and present life and property
Order
Based on morals
- proper way to behave
- dress code
- what you can and can’t say
- laws
- elies on culture and religion
- censorship
Social order
Striking a balance among people
Equality
Form of government; mass rule
U.S. consentive to the ppl
Democracy
Spending versus revenue (bad)
Deficit
More money
Surplus
Borrowing in what you owe, eventually pay back
Debt
Set of beliefs about the direction of government and purpose
Political ideology
Organizations that are meant to represent political beliefs and meant to affect elections
Parties
A set of beliefs and values that as a whole form a general philosophy about government
Ideology
This principle asserts that the people posed the ultimate political authority and can use it to create, alter, or perpetuate government
election
Popular Sovereignty
Constitutional system whereby authority is distributed between the central government and regional (state)
Federalism
