Theories
This theory suggests government is a natural extension of the family.
This government has a sharing of power between central and local governments.
Federalism
This is everything that the government does.
Public Policies
He believed that a monarch was needed to rule the people.
Hobbes
Three things that you need to have a state.
People, government, sovereignty.
This theory suggests that governments originated from a person or group exerting their power over others.
Force Theory
This government places all power in the hands of the central government.
Unitary
Anarchy
He proposed having three branches of government with separate powers.
Montesquieu
Name any of the basic concepts of democracy.
Answers vary.
This theory suggests governments were instituted when God selected certain people / groups to rule over others.
Divine Right Theory
This government is essentially a loose association of local governments.
Confederate
Rule by one person, who often maintains power through force.
Dictatorship
He believed that when a government stopped serving the people, it was time to get a new government.
Locke
Define compromise.
The process of reconciling competing views and interests
This theory suggests that government is an agreement between people to give up some freedom in exchange for order and security.
Social Contract Theory
This government has an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch.
Presidential
Government that promotes the active participation of its citizens through the voting process.
Democracy
He believed that we had to give up some independence to gain security.
Rousseau
Describe one of the five principles of democracy.
Answers vary.
This is the theory of government promoted by many European political philosophers of the 1700s, and inspired revolutions in the US and France.
Social Contract Theory
This government has an executive who is a member of the legislative branch.
Parliamentary
The people and institutions through which a country creates and maintains law and order.
government
His ideas inspired government in the United States.
All of them!
Describe how a democratic republic works.
People elect representatives to govern.