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intro to pol & gov
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| politics | the allocation of resources. who gets what, when, where, and how I: it allows citizens to get something from government |
| government | an organization (institution) that possesses legitimate (respect) means of coercion (punishment) |
| social contract | a transactional agreement between citizens and gov where citizens give up some rights for protection. the consent to be ruled I: it shows that citizens accept their gov |
| monarchy | rule by one person based on divine right. ex: morocco, england, japan |
| dictatorship | rule by one person based on force. ex: cuba, north korea, eritrea, belarus |
| oligarchy | rule by the few. ex: china and russia |
| anarchy | lack of gov. ex: haiti, somalia, bosnia, afghanistan |
| democracy | rule by the many |
| direct democracy | a type of democracy where everyone rules like in a town hall meeting |
| representative democracy/republic/indirect democracy | a type of democracy where citizens elect public officials to represent them in gov. ex: usa |