powers of government
What is a constitution
rules that regulate and control the people
What is law
An individual or group claimed control over a territory and forced the population to submit
What is Force THeory
The government was created to serve the purposes set out there
What is the purpose of the government
Those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people
A small group where the ultimate responsibility for the exercise of the powers
What is disctatorship
import duties and collection of taxes
What is revenue
God created the state, making it sovereign
What is Divine Right Of Kings Theory
A government is the agency through which the state exerts its will and works to accomplish its goals
What is a government
exists where the will of the people is translated into public policy directed by the people themselves in mass meetings
What is direct democracy
When the responsibility for the exercise of these powers rests with the majority of the people, that form of government
What is democracy
The responsibility of proving good roads, pipe water, electricity and more
What is Welfare services
A population formed out of primitive families.
What is Evolutionary Theory
All of those things a government decides to do
What is public policies
a system of government when people exercise their political power through an election
democracy
Legislative power, executive power, and Judicial power
What is the 3 basic kinds of power
What is lawmaking
A population in a given territory gave up as much power to a government as needed to promote the well-being of all.
What is Social Contract Theory
A small group of persons chosen by the people to act as their representitives expresses the popular will
What is a representative democracy
Governments must have power in order to make and carry out public policies
What is the reason governments must have power
Who can participate in the governing process, the geographic distribution of governmental power within a state, and the relationship between the legislative ans the executive branches of the government
What is classifying a government