The institution and process by which public policies are made. Governments provide law, order, and safety in a world that would otherwise be chaos.

Describe 4 essential features of a state

Population, defined territory, sovereignty, and government

“Family Networks," evolved through clans and tribes eventually becoming more complex. It takes time and it's organic.

Government emerged when all the people of a state were put under control of one person/group. VIOLENCE

God gave the “divine right”/power to those of royal birth to rule over others. Dynastic cycle. God gave power to rule.

Social Contract Theory

A gov power comes from the consent of the governed. The government's power comes from the people. Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke.

Needed government to control and protect. People are too selfish to govern themselves.

Government should end the state of nature, protect people’s natural rights, and give people certain protections.

Power and authority are in the hands of a single individual

rule by a small group of people, usually self-appointed, typically take power through force

Supreme authority lies with the people AKA popular sovereignty

Centralized power, all key powers are held by the national/central power

Multiple separate states join together to form a union of independent states, central government only has the power that states give it, confederal, rare

Power is shared and divided between a national and state level, each level has sovereignty in some area, have national laws and state laws

executive and legislative totally separate + equal power, power to check and balance each other, people elect the leader of the executive branch independent from legislators - through popular election, people elect the legislative branch

executive branch=prime minister + his cabinet, legislative branch=parliament, executive branch is part of parliament, prime minister is the leader of the majority party in parliament

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Question	Answer
define government	The institution and process by which public policies are made. Governments provide law, order, and safety in a world that would otherwise be chaos.
Describe 4 essential features of a state	Population, defined territory, sovereignty, and government
Evolutionary Theory	“Family Networks," evolved through clans and tribes eventually becoming more complex. It takes time and it's organic.
Force Theory	Government emerged when all the people of a state were put under control of one person/group. VIOLENCE
Divine Right Theory	God gave the “divine right”/power to those of royal birth to rule over others. Dynastic cycle. God gave power to rule.
Social Contract Theory	A gov power comes from the consent of the governed. The government's power comes from the people. Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke.
Hobbes	Needed government to control and protect. People are too selfish to govern themselves.
Locke	Government should end the state of nature, protect people’s natural rights, and give people certain protections.
Autocracy	Power and authority are in the hands of a single individual
Oligarchy	rule by a small group of people, usually self-appointed, typically take power through force
Democracy	Supreme authority lies with the people AKA popular sovereignty
Unitary	Centralized power, all key powers are held by the national/central power
Confederate	Multiple separate states join together to form a union of independent states, central government only has the power that states give it, confederal, rare
Federal	Power is shared and divided between a national and state level, each level has sovereignty in some area, have national laws and state laws
Presidential	executive and legislative totally separate + equal power, power to check and balance each other, people elect the leader of the executive branch independent from legislators - through popular election, people elect the legislative branch
Parliamentary	executive branch=prime minister + his cabinet, legislative branch=parliament, executive branch is part of parliament, prime minister is the leader of the majority party in parliament

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