Polgov Flashcards
Politics
Politics
Polis “city state” power of authority, political decisions, allocating limited resources, actual conduct of power
Legitimacy
rightful ruler to govern over them
Sovereignty
Rule over its territory
Authority
Rule and exact obedience
Art of government
Focuses only on the government
As public affairs
Events that engages people
Compromise and consensus
Resolved through discussions
Power and distribution of resources
Use of limited resources
Political science
Study of state and government affairs
Governance
Kubernaein “to steer” handles its conflicts, sets rules and regulations
Government
Set of offices entrusted by citizens
Executive
President, implements the law
Legislative
Senate and house of Representatives, proposes, makes, revises the law
Judicial
Supreme Court, interprets the law
Power of government
Police power, power of taxation, power of eminent domain
Ideology
Set of ideas that structures political understanding
Liberalism
Liber “class of free men”
English civil war
War between crown and parliament