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Intro to Am Gov
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| government | the institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled |
| autocracy | a form of government in which a single individual rules |
| oligarchy | a form of government in which a small group of landowners, military officers, or wealthy elite control most of the political decisions |
| democracy | a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in decision making |
| constitutional government | a form of government with both substantive and procedural limits, limited both in what they control and how |
| authoritarian government | a system of government that recognizes no formal limits but is often restrained by the power of social institutions |
| totalitarian government | a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb/eliminate those that threaten it |
| institutions | the rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior, thereby shaping politics |
| Tragedy of the Commons | the idea that individual interests tend to clash with collective welfare |
| jurisdiction | legitimate decision making power |
| decisiveness | administrative procedures through which institutions meet policy conclusions |
| agenda power | the control over what a group will consider for discussion |
| veto power | the ability to defeat legislation even if it has made it onto the agenda of an institution |
| delegation power | the transmission of power to some other official of body for the latter's use |
| policy principle | principle that states policy outcomes are the result of individual preferences and institutional procedures |
| path dependency | the idea that certain possibilities are more or less likely based on the historical path taken |
| conscription | compulsory military service, usually for a prescribed period of time or the duration of a war; "the draft" |
| free riding | enjoying the benefits of some public good or action while letting others bear the cost |
| public good | a good that may be enjoyed by anyone once it is provided and cannot be denied to anyone after it has been provided |
| politics | the conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government |
| collective action | the pooling of resources and coordination of effort by a group of people to achieve common goals |
| selective benefits | benefits that are distributed selectively only to those who benefit the group enterprise |
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