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1 vocab (AP gov)
1 vocab (AP govern)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Power | the ability to get another to act in accord with one's intentions |
| Authority | the legal right to use power |
| Legitimacy | acceptance, by those it acts on, of a Constitution, law or government as a source of Authority |
| Alien & Sedition Acts | requires people to have papers and allows the government to deport them |
| Marbury v. Madison | establish judicial review |
| Aristotle | the rule of many |
| Direct (Participatory) Democracy | a government is democratic if all, or at least most, citizens participated by holding office |
| Representative Democracy (Republic) | a government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote |
| John Locke | argued against powerful kings and in favor of popular consent (individuals possess "certain unalienable rights") |
| Thomas Hobbes | argued that an absolute, supreme ruler was essential to prevent civil war |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | general will |
| Democratic Centralism | a government is democratic when it advances "the will of the people" or '"the common good¨ regardless of how its leaders are chosen |
| Common Good | will of the people |
| Social Contract | an agreement between people and their leaders in which people agree to give up some liberties so that their other liberties are protected |
| Popular Sovereignty | government is created by the people and depends of the people for authority to rule |
| Political Elite | those who are sufficiently motivated to participate actively in decision making |
| Karl Marx | marxist theory |
| Marxist Theory | government's a reflection of underlying economic forces and whoever controlled economics controls the government, which is the rich |
| Non-governmental Elitist Theory | an elite outside the government makes the major decisions |
| C. Wright Mills | non government elitist theory |
| Bureaucratic Theory | all institutions have fallen under the control of large bureaucracies, whose expertise and specialized competence are essential to the management and operations of the government |
| Max Weber | bureaucratic theory |
| Pluralist Theory | political resources like money, prestige, organizational position and access to the mass media are widely distributed in society |
| Hyperpluralism | a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong |
| The Goals of Government | protect their sovereign territory and their citizenry, preserve order and stability, establish and mountain à legal system, prance services, raise and spend money, and socialize new generations |
| Monarchy | government in which a member of a royal family, usually a king or queen, has absolute authority over a territory and its government |
| Oligarchy | government in which an elite few hold power usually a single political party or the military |
| Totalitarianism | the government essentially controls every aspect of people's lives |
| Authoritarianism | the government holds strong power but is checked by Some forces |
| Constitutionalism | a government that is structured by law and in which the power of government is limited |
| Politics | the process of deciding who benefits in society and who does not |
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