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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

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