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Poli Sci Vocab 1-2
Stack #87195
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oligarchy | a system of gov't in which a small group holds power |
| Political party | group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct gov't, and determine public policy |
| Politics | (many blood sucking creatures) the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of gov't |
| Preamble | statement in constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of gov't |
| Proletariet | workers who produce the goods |
| Republic | a gov't in which voters hold sovereign power; elected reps, responsible to the people, exercise that power |
| Social contract | theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens |
| Socialism | an economic system in which the gov't owns the basic means of production, distributes products &wages, and provides social services such as health care and welfare |
| Sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries |
| State | a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized gov't with the power to make and enforce laws without the approval of higher authority |
| Unitary system | a gov't that gives all key powers to central or national gov't |
| Anarchy | political disorder |
| Cede | to yield |
| Embargo | ann agreement prohibiting trade |
| Extralegal | not sanctioned by law |
| Interstate Commerce | trade among the states |
| Limited gov't | a system in which the power of gov't is limited, not absolute |
| Ordinance | a law |
| Ratify | to approve |
| Representative gov't | a system of gov't in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct gov't |
| Revenue | money gov't collects from taxes or other sources |
| Seperation of Powers | the division of power among the 3 branches of gov't |
| Unicameral | single chamber legislature |
| Dictatorship | rule of 1 or few, usually by force o |
| Parliamentary gov't | executive and legislative in Parliament |
| Presidential gov't | executive seperate from legislature |
| Autocracy | a system of gov't in which the power belongs to one person |
| bourgeoisie | capitalists who own the means of production |
| capitakusm | an economic system proding free choices and individual ...something...for workers, investors, consumers, and entrepreneurs. |
| command economy | an economic system where the goverment controls the production. |
| communism | an economic system in which the central gov. driects all major economic decisions |
| confederacy | a loose union of independant states |
| consensus | and agreement about basic beliefs (i.e., Jess and Brooke have reached the consensus that while Brooke is stronger than Jess, Jess certainly dosen't trip as much) |
| Constitutional Gov. | a gow in which a constitiution has authority to place clearly recognized limites on those who govern |
| constitutional law | law that envolves the application of the us constitution and state constitution |
| democracy | government in which the people rule |
| developing nation | a nation only beginning to develop industrially |
| economics | the study of "I want more" |
| federal system | a gow that divides the power between the state and national level |
| free enterprise | capitialisn |
| free market | capitialism |
| government | the institution in which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions. |
| industrialized nation | a nation with advanced industries and technologies, |
| lssez-faire | govt hands off the economy |
| monarchy | Supreme power of gov. by birthright |
| nation | group of people bound by race, custom, tradition, or sometimes religion |
| nation state | a country in which the territory of the nation and the state coincide |
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