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government
officials organized to establish or carry out policy
politics
process/method making decisions for group
type of government U.S is…
REPUBLIC
sovereignty
right to exercise supreme authority over regions or oneself or groups
power
cause others to behave as not choose to do
authority
legal power give order/enforce rules
legitimacy - what gives a ruler legitimacy?
accepted as formal authority (mayor)
social contract theory
agree obey ruler exchange ruler to protect rights
basic building blocks of government (coercion and revenue)
gov. power behave certain ways
collecting revenues
nation state - what is it? what are the characteristics?
independent state where people share common cultures (Territorial, state population, code of laws, national sovereignty)
five sources of power
legitimacy, referent, reward, extercise, coercion
public good
service all people consume
forms of government
dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, democracy
dictatorship
1 person exercises supreme court (russia)
monarchy
1 ruler based heredity (UK)
theocracy
headed religious leader (iran)
democracy
citizens public decisions dirctly (popular vote) (switzerland)
direct
public decisions direct popular vote
direct advantages and disadvantages
A: smaller scale U.S
D:ruled by pure direct democracy
representative
decisions on citizens
representative advantage/disadvantage
A: ppl cast ballots
D:impossible remove pres. from power
parliamentary
Ruled by leg. Majority
parliamentary advantages/disadvantages
A: elected members par. Choose prime ministers
D:ppl demand elections inconsistency
presidential
voters choose president
presidential advantages/disadvantages and example
A: voters choose president to lead gov’t
D:abuse power and corruption
unitary
constitution power in national/central gov’t
federal
shared between national/similar gov’t within nation
confederate
power resides in regions
traditional
Provide for themselves (hunters and gatherers)
Command
gov’t decisions on good/services distributed to consumer (Soviet Union)
market
decisions by market (England, Japan)
mixed
gov’t involve market place (U.S)
Factors of production
basic resource required to produce goods/services
capitalism
Investors privately own
Socialism
command economic gov’t control wages/prices
Federalism
Divided between federal and state
federalism benefits
Against tyranny
Unity without authority
Federalism drawbacks
lack of law and policies
State tensions
expressed power
written out on constitution (article 1 section 8) Ex: going to bathroom
Delegated power
Ex: coin money, military, trendy, TAXES
Necessary/proper clause
carry out duties
reserved powers
Granted by the 10th amendment. Ex: education and voting/elections
state government
state legislature enact laws/leving taxes
apportionment
Seat legislature popular each state
Gerrymandering
drawing boundaries district/giving advantage
roles/responsibilities of governors
Help establish legislature agenda
Veto bills
Command state national guard
Roles/responsibilities of state courts
Trial courts and appeal courts
Set leg. Disputes
Trial courts
handle cases affect daily lives (Common)
appeal courts
handle interpreting law (more intense)
Local government - how are they organized? What does a mayor do?
Most cities divide power between elected mayor and city council
Provides basic services
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