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Ch 1-2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anarchism | A political philosophy that opposes government in any form |
| capitalism | The system of government that favors free enterprise (privately owned businesses operating without government). |
| communism | A political system in which, in theory, ownership of all land and productive facilities is in the hands of the people, and all goods are equally shared. The production and distribution of goods are controlled by an authoritarian government. |
| communitarians | promote both order and equality. |
| conservatives | promote order but not equality. |
| Democratic socialism | A socialist form of government that guarantees civil liberties such as freedom of speech and religion. Citizens determine the extent of government activity through free elections and competitive political parties. |
| freedom from | Immunity, as in freedom from want. |
| freedom of | An absence of constraints on behavior |
| globalization | increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world. |
| government | The legitimate use of force to control human behavior |
| laissez faire | An economic doctrine that opposes any form of government intervention in business. |
| liberalism | The belief that states should leave individuals free to follow their individual pursuits. |
| liberals | Those who are willing to use government to promote equality but not order. |
| libertarianism | A political ideology that is opposed to all government action except as necessary to protect life and property. |
| libertarians | Those who are opposed to using government to promote either order or equality. |
| national sovereignty | A political entity's externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs. |
| order | Established ways of social behavior. Maintaining order is the oldest purpose of government. |
| police power | The authority of a government to maintain order and safeguard citizens' health, morals, safety, and welfare. |
| Political equality | Equality in political decision making: one vote per person, with all votes counted equally. |
| Political ideology | A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government. |
| public goods | Benefits and services, such as parks and sanitation, that benefit all citizens but are not likely to be produced voluntarily by individuals. |
| rights | The benefits of government to which every citizen is entitled. |
| social equality | Equality in wealth, education, and status. |
| socialism | A form of rule in which the central government plays a strong role in regulating existing private industry and directing the economy, although it does allow some private ownership of productive capacity. |
| totalitarianism | A political philosophy that advocates unlimited power for the government to enable it to control all sectors of society |
| autocracy | A system of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of one individual. |
| democracy | A system of government in which, in theory, the people rule, either directly or indirectly. |
| democratization | A process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one. |
| e-government | Online communication channels that enable citizens to easily obtain information from government and facilitate the expression of opinions to government officials. |
| elite theory | The view that a small group of people actually makes most of the important government decisions. |
| Majoritarian model of democracy | The classical theory of democracy in which government by the people is interpreted as government by the majority of the people. |
| majority rule | The principle?basic to procedural democratic theory?that the decision of a group must reflect the preference of more than half of those participating |
| minority rights | The benefits of government that cannot be denied to any citizen by majority decisions. |
| oligarchy | A system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few people. |
| Participatory democracy | A system of government where rank-and-file citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf. |
| pluralist model of democracy | An interpretation of democracy in which government by the people is taken to mean government by people operating through competing interest groups. |
| Procedural democratic theory | A view of democracy as being embodied in a decision-making process that involves universal participation, political equality, majority rule, and responsiveness. |
| Representative democracy | A system of government where citizens elect public officials to govern on their behalf. |
| responsiveness | A decision-making principle, necessitated by representative government, that implies that elected representatives should do what the majority of people wants. |
| Substantive democratic theory | The view that democracy is embodied in the substance of government policies rather than in the policymaking procedure. |
| Universal participation | The concept that everyone in a democracy should participate in governmental decision making. |
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