Concepts of democracy
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| Accountability | To follow laws, responsibility, benefitting the nation | ||||
| Authority | what youn job is, a jurisdiction that you cover | ||||
| Citizenship | Upholding the rules of government, you are the people. | ||||
| civil society | treating people with dignity | ||||
| Common Good | Everything the government does is for the people. | ||||
| Constructionalism | supreme law of the land or rule of law. | ||||
| Reprsentatioal law | You send someone to be your representative. | ||||
| Diversity | Social, racial political- All groups have freedom press | ||||
| Equality | No one is superior to others (14th amendment) | ||||
| Federalism | The distrubition of pow between state federal and local governments. | ||||
| Limited governmnet | Anytime peoples intrest is protected. | ||||
| Independent media | without bias | ||||
| Judicial Independence. | Serve for life on the supreme court | ||||
| Judicial review | A federal law can be declared unconstitutional | ||||
| Justice | Making decisions, balancing rights, not necessarily for the common good | ||||
| Liberty | Complete freedom, always checked, can lead to anarchy | ||||
| Majority rule and minority rights | political oposition, party in power = majorityParty out of power = minority | ||||
| Market economy | Capitalism | ||||
| Parlementary system | British system similar to American system. | ||||
| Participation and voting | If you register you can be required to serve jury duty. | ||||
| Pluralism | A variety of governments, political parties. |
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Created by:
runerx
on 2009-11-18