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Government#1
GOV: The Purposes of Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Government? | the formal structure and institutions through which decisions are made for a body of people. |
| What are the three components of Government? | People, Power, and Policies. |
| Power | The Government's authority and ability to get things done. |
| Policy | Any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal. |
| State | A political community made up by a group of people that lives within a clearly defined territory. |
| What are the four characteristics of State? | Territory, Population, Government, and Sovereignty. |
| Sovereignty | The Supreme Power of the State to act within its territory. |
| What are the Functions of Government? | First, a government must ensure national security, second, a government must maintain order, third, a government needs to resolve conflicts, and fourth, a government must provide the service, and fifth, a government must provide for the public goods. |
| Politics | the process by which government makes and carries out decisions as to whose interests will be served in society. |
| Legitimacy | When rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of nation's population. |
| Divine Right of Kings | a theory put forth by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet that the king is answerable only to God, not the people he ruled. |
| Absolute | Not limited by restrictions; unlimited power. |
| Social Contract Theory | Theory of rule that says the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state, which in turn would protect and support them. |
| Leviathan (1651) | English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes argues that state of nature is so violent, that government must have great power to defend itself and compel people to obey its laws. |
| What was John Locke's view of government? | His view of the state of nature, people are governed by natural laws. They consent to government solely to protect natural rights including life, liberty, and property. |
| Wat was Rosseau's "The Social Contract (1762)? | Rosseau argues that the only way people could regain their freedom was bu establishing a government that was both based on a social contract and responsive to the "general will of the people. |
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