Principles of Government
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is Government?
In this government, state actors are accountable to the will of the people.
What is a democracy?
Parties work together to blend competing views.
What is compromise?
This characteristic of a state includes the people living in that area.
What is population?
This philosopher influenced the Founding Fathers with his talk of social contracts and natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
All of the things our government does, such as military, imposing income tax, and setting minimum wage.
What are public policies?
This form of government is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
What is a federal government?
Responsibility or duty: voting?
Responsibility
This theory is based upon a person or group making others submit to them.
What is the Force Theory?
Profit, Private ownership, individual initiative, competition
What is the free enterprise system (capitalism)
This is the process by which public policies are created.
What is politics?
This form of government has all powers held by a single, central office.
What is a unitary government?
Responsibility or duty: Getting a public education
Duty
One of these is not like the other:
Population, Territory, Democracy, Government, Sovereignty
What is democracy?
When a good becomes mostly unavailable, this happens to its price.
What is the price goes up?
This is is a body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.
What is a Constitution?
With this government, voters elect the legislature, and the chief executive is drawn from the legislature.
What is parliamentary government?
With this concept of democracy, those with power must hear out and accept criticisms from those not in power.
Majority Rules, Minority Rights
The individual 50 States lack which basic characteristics of a state.
What is sovereignty?
The setting where a direct democracy would work best.
What is a local setting with a small population?
Name three of the items listed in the Preamble to the Constitution.
1.Form a More Perfect Union 2.Establish Justice 3.Insure Domestic Tranquility 4.Provide for the Common Defense 5. Promote General Welfare 6.Secure Blessings of Liberty
These are two forms of dictatorial governments.
What is autocracy and oligarchy?
In a democracy, there are two types of equality guaranteed to citizens
1. Equality of opportunity
2. Equality before the law
Enlightenment theorists critiqued this idea of state formation, and eventually damaged the power of monarchs.
What is the Divine Right of King Theory?
These are the three type of governmental powers (think branches) and their matching description.
1. Legislative power - makes the laws
2. Executive power - enforces the laws
3. Judicial power - interprets the laws