Chapter 5 and 6
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| economic right | Guarantees of adequate material standards of living; the newest and most controversial rights.
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| civil right | ability to participate in politics and society, such as voting and free speech.
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| judicial restraint | conservative, strict constructionists, narrow interpretation, apolitical role.
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| democracy | the rule of the many.
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| direct or participatory democracy | a government in which all or most citizens participate directly.
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| representative democracy | a government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote. (The new form of the old word Republic.)
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| elite | persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power. A few top leaders, not all of them drawn from business, make the key decisions without reference to popular desires.
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| sedition | Incitement to public disorder or to overthrow the state.
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| power elite view | view that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government.
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| bureaucratic view | view that the government is dominated by appointed officials. An appointed civil servants run things.
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| pluralist view | the belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy. Competition among affected interests shapes public policy.
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| civil liberties | freedom from certain government actions
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| judicial activism | liberal, loose constructionists, broad interpretation, political role.
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| judicial review | An implied power; ability of courts to decide if laws are constitutional
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| constituent assembly | legislature convened to draft new constitution.
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| universal suffrage | rights of all adults as determined by society to participate in the political process.
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| constitutionalism | The theory and practice of conducting politics in accordance with a constitution; the degree to which the power of govt. is limited and individual rights are respected.
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| constitution | a document that establishes the fundamental rules by which a political system is governed
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| illiberal democracy | regimes that are elected but lack democratic qualities such as civil rights and limits on govt.
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| democratic peace | theory that democracies do not fight each other
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| totalitarianism | political system in which the state attempts total control of its citizens.
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| authoritarianism | a system of govt. ruled by the one or the few with partial control over citizens social, political and economic life.
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