The presidential relationship
Voters elect the Legislature and the Chief Executive who is part of the Executive Branch. The legislature and executive are independent and coequal.
The parliamentary relationship
Voters elect the Legislature. The Chief Executive is drawn from the Legislature.
Free enterprise system
an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
Decisions in a free enterprise system are determined by
law and demand
Democracy demands that the people:
be widely informed about their government
Mixed economy
An economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion.
Sovereignty
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
pluralist theory
competing interest groups that organize efforts to influence the agenda
Elite theory
society is divided along class line; the group with power is those with most resources
Hyper pluralism
many groups are so strong that government is unable to act(policy gridlock)
Government
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. Politically Organized.
Theoretically, the internet makes knowledgeable participation undemocratic process EASIER than ever before
True
However, all data on the worldwide web is NOT NECESSARILY TRUE, and the long effects of the internet on democracy has yet to be determined
True
The force Theory
One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit to that person's or group's rule.
The evolutionary Theory
argues that the state evolved naturally out of the early family
The divine right theory
God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule
The social contract theory
the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people
The Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
dictatorship
...