1. Government
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
2. Public Policies
all of those things a government decides to do: taxation, defense, education, crime, health care, transportation, the environment, and others.
3. Legislative Power
Power to make laws and to frame public policies
4. Executive Power
the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws
5. Judicial Power
the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and to settle disputes
6. Constitution
the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government
7. Dictatorship
the responsibility for the exercise of the three powers are held by a single person or small group
9. State
a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority
10. Sovereign
supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies
Democracy
the power rest with a majority of the people. Supreme authority rest with the people.
Sovreign
(every state) has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.
The Force Theory
state was born of force
The Evolution Theory
state developed 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 state exists only to serve the will of the people. They are the sole source of political power.
Autocracy
a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
Oligarchy
a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
Unitary Government
a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.
Federal Government
the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
Division of Powers
basic principle of federalism. Governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis.
Confederation
an alliance of independent states
Presidential Government
a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate independent, and coequal.
Parliamentary Government
a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet.
Compromise
the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interest.
Free Enterprise System
America's economic system. Based on four fundamental factors (also called capitalism)
a. private ownership
b. individual initiative
c. profit
d. competition
Law of Supply and Demand
when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise.
Mixed Economy
an economy in which private enterprise exist in combination with considerable amount of government regulation and promotion.
Democracy
the power rest with a majority of the people. Supreme authority rest with the people.
State
a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.
Sovreign
(every state) has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.
The Evolution Theory
state developed 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 state exists only to serve the will of the people. They are the sole source of political power.
Autocracy
a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
Oligarchy
a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
Unitary Government
a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.
Federal Government
the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
Division of Powers
basic principle of federalism. Governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis.
Confederation
an alliance of independent states
Presidential Government
a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate independent, and coequal.
Parliamentary Government
a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet.
Compromise
the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interest.
Free Enterprise System
America's economic system. Based on four fundamental factors (also called capitalism)
a. private ownership
b. individual initiative
c. profit
d. competition
Law of Supply and Demand
when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise.
Mixed Economy
an economy in which private enterprise exist in combination with considerable amount of government regulation and promotion.