Government
What is a government's authority and ability to get things done?
POWER
The government must provide services for whom?
The idea that rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nation's population.
Legitimacy
What is the formal structures and institutions through which decisions are made for a body of people?
Government
One example of government fulfilling this purpose is regulating food "_______________."
Safety
Divine Right of Kings
What are any decisions it makes in pursuit of a goal, ranging from specific laws to general programs or actions?
Policies
The process by which government makes and carries out decisions as to whose interests will be served in society.
Politics
A system of rules derived from the natural world that includes the idea that individuals possess natural rights.
Social Contract Theory
This includes everyone from elected officials to public servants
People
What is a political community made up by a group of people that lives within a clearly defined territory?
State
Name 2 Major Philosophers
May Include: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Rousseau, Aristotle
What is composed of people, powers and policies?
Government
What is the supreme power to act within its own territory?
Sovereignty
general will