Principles of Government
The institution where societies enforce public policy
What is Government?
This type is where religion is the rule of law
What is theocracy?
This is where one of the 1st examples of democracy is found
Where is Athens, Greece
This is the beginning of the U.S. Constitution
What is the Preamble?
This is one of the foundations American democracy comes from
Recognition of the fundamental worth and dignity of every person
Respect for the equality of all persons
Faith in majority rule and an insistence on minority rights
Acceptance of the necessity of compromise
Insistence upon the widest possible degree of individual freedom
This is a form of government where one person or a small group of people hold all of the power
What is a dictatorship?
This is moreso a form of democracy at the lower level, seeing DIRECT impacts on policy
What is Direct Democracy?
This was a loosely organized system where Lords divide up their land in exchange for protection
What is Feudalism?
This is neither "good" or "bad" even when your uncle brings it up at Thanksgiving
What is politics?
Equality Of All Persons doesn't mean equal condition but it does mean this
Equal Opportunity
Equality before the law
States have these guarantees
population, territory, sovereignty, government
This a centralized form of government where one agency holds the majority of power, think the Parliament
Unitary Government
This revolution helped change the economy in Europe from trading work for land to an economy focused on money and trade
What is the Commercial Revolution?
This is the type of government where a small appointed group by the dictator, think North Korea
What is an oligarchy?
This is a device democracy uses saying that the majority will be right more often times than it will be wrong
What is Majority Rule?
These two gentlemen create the Social Contract Theory and the other wrote two treatises on government
Who is Hobbes & Locke?
This type of dictatorship is where one person holds all power
What is an autocracy?
This is one way a country can prove its legitimacy
divine right of kings, binding to a common law, charismatic leaders and personality
This lawmaking body has a prime minister and cabinet serve in it as well
What is the Parliament?
This is necessary in democracy as many issues and opinions come up in discussions over policy
What is Compromise?
These are the three basic kinds of power every government has
Legislative, executive, judicial
This is an alliance of independent states that typically has limited power, specifically with things like defense and foreign affairs
What is a Confederation?
Voltaire and Blackstone influenced government in these ways
Voltaire-advocated reason, promoted freedom of religion, scientific observation, and also the idea of human progress
Blackstone:
believes in the idea of “common law” which is the idea that legal decisions should be made on similar decisions from the past
The idea that money is the chief source of wealth to increase power
What is Mercantilism?
This is a name for the American Economic System
What is the Free Enterprise system or capitalism?